Word: alaska
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...aircraft and snowshoe, agents pur sued two draft dodgers in Alaska, finally caught them at the base of Mt. McKinley...
Much as you want to cross the oceans, you plan to see the Americas first-not only the 48 states but Mexico, the Canadian Rockies, Alaska, Cuba, Quebec and Hawaii. Those are the most popular spots for the immediate postwar years-in that order...
...capital immediately hummed with rumors that the Olympia trip might just be a stopover on the way to a Big Three meeting in Alaska. This was possible, but hardly probable. But preparations for a Big Three meeting-somewhere-went...
...sharp danger receded, the general's job settled down into an administrative routine. Twice he was promoted, once decorated, for his work in putting Alaska in a sound defensive position. Then came the call to the Tenth Army and battle...
...postwar period their plans are set. They fell in love with Alaska, bought a homesite in Anchorage and a farm at Homer on the Kenai peninsula. Wild game, including black and grizzly bears, abounds at the farm. A vein of coal lies offshore, and the tide washes up more than enough lumps for heating. The Buckners plan to return there to live. Said the General: "I expect it will take me a solid year to catch up with my hunting and fishing. And I'll be so far away from things I won't be able to exercise...