“We need military assets that can intercept ... “I have been a strong advocate for reopening the naval base on Adak out in ...

Then, in June 1942, the Japanese attacked the Aleutian Islands. Regional naval officers directed Japanese forces to bomb an American military base at Dutch Harbor, killing more than 100 Americans.

Adak Island, midway in the Aleutian Island chain and bordered ... The island best known as a former World War II military ...