Nagasaki / Taegu / Hirosaki / Hiroshima / Honshu / Washington / D.C. / Washington / /
Company
Nippon Oil / /
Country
Germany / Japan / United States / Korea / United Kingdom / Philippines / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Natural Disaster / /
Facility
Misawa Air Base / Kiska harbor / Smithsonian Institute / Nippon Oil Refinery / Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base / Air Base Group / Space Museum / National Museum / /
Holiday
VICTORY DAY / /
IndustryTerm
food / /
Movie
A.D. / /
NaturalFeature
Force Station beach / Kurile Islands / Bellows beach / Iwaki-Gawa River / /
Organization
Smithsonian Institute in Washington / Alaskan Air Command / Air Mobility Command / Twentieth Air Force / 20th Air Force / 36th Tactical Fighter Squadron / Eighth Air Force / Thirteenth Air Force / United States Army / Japanese government / Air Force / Department of Defense / Eleventh Air Force / /
Person
Nathan F. Twining / Truman / Bush / /
Position
President / General / first USAF officer / Chairman / Chief of Staff / Commander / Chief of Staff of Allied Air Forces in the South Pacific and Commander / /
Product
B-29s / F-105D / B-17 / B-29 / /
Region
South Pacific / American west coast / Southeast Asia / /
This Week in USAF and PACAF History 11 – 17 August[removed]August 1943 The Aleutian Campaign ended with the reoccupation of Kiska. Japan had occupied the Aleutians to secure the northern flank of their Pacific empire,