Months of existence in a literal hell of mud, ice and fog have taught U.S. fighting men much about the Aleutians. Many of their lessons have been bitter. But they had the satisfaction last week of knowing that the Japs they are fighting are faring even worse. Jap-held Kiska had been plastered by more than a million high explosive and incendiary bombs during April. Jap raids on American positions were infrequent, of little consequence.
In the cloud-hung volcanic wastes that are the Aleutians, U.S. forces live as they never dreamed men couldlike moles in...
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