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Panama-Hawaii-Alaska defense triangle established
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Construction of Ladd field
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United States enter WWII
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Construction begins on Whittier railroad tunnels
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Lend-Lease Act approved by congress
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Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
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Alaskan Territorial Guard established
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Japanese bomb Dutch Harbor
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Japanese land on Kiska
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Japanese land on Attu
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Aleut evacuation of the Pribilofs
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Japanese bomb Fort Mear
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ALSIB established
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Alaska Highway completed
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U.S. forces land on Attu
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First train arrives in Whittier
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U.S. and Canadian forces land on Kiska
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Sinking of Japanese submarine I-180 off of Kodiak Island
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End of WW II
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Alaska Highway begins
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Alaska Statehood
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Sitka Naval Air Station was formally commissioned