Gov. Walker declares June 3 as Dutch Harbor Remembrance Day

Governor Bill Walker has declared June 3rd to be recognized as Dutch Harbor Remembrance Day. Statewide all flags will fly at half-mast to recognize Japan’s World War II attack on Dutch Harbor.
Buildings burning after the first Japanese attack on Dutch Harbor, Alaska (USA), 3 June 1942. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army)The 1942 bombing was the first hostile action on Alaskan soil; twenty-fiveservice men were killed.
Later on, Dutch Harbor was attacked again as well as the communit