Alaskan World War II Veterans Honored

Ceremony recognized 24 veterans

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Story Created: May 28, 2012 at 7:33 PM AKDT

Story Updated: May 29, 2012 at 7:53 AM AKDT

ANCHORAGE - Some of Alaska’s oldest living veterans were honored Monday on the Park Strip.

A special ceremony recognized about 24 veterans who fought in World War Two.

The ceremony also marked an important anniversary from that war – the day 70 years ago that the Japanese invaded Dutch Harbor.
 

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