This incredibly rare and museum-grade artifact is an extremely rare U. Army "CONFIDENTIAL" marked TACTICAL MAP from the infamous. Aleutian Islands campaign of WWII. This very limited tactical map print of Umnak Island saw action during. Their mission was to neutralize the air base at Dutch Harbor and destroy its ability to attack Japan. In a strange compromise, due to the lack of flat ground, American airfields had been built 100 miles east, at Cold Bay, and 80 miles west, on Umnak Island, Cape Field.
On June 3rd, at 6:00 a. Eleven Kate bombers and six Zero fighters attacked ...
