| Show alean alcan highway High ivay will help hell japs from alcudia IS alaska Is our first line of defense mso against our war with japan and its strategic importance to the safety of D continental united states can hardly be overestimated up to this time lime this vast wilderness outpost has been reached by only two main routes air end and water the alcan highway will provide a third and the most important route to this strategic area it will enable enible soldiers and armored equipment to reach fair i ja i banks in 80 hours from edmonton alberta this trip at present by ocean from seattle takes eight days to anchorage and another day to fairbanks the jap occupation of kiska attu aatu and in the aleutian chain brought into strong focus the mill ury tary importance of alaska about japs were landed the enemy has been repeatedly bombed in their main stronghold on the island of kiska by heavy U S bombers and has been blasted by the fleet more recently the navy landed yank troops in the andreanoff Andrean Andrea not of islands only miles east of kiska without the loss of a single man this operation ot of blasting the japs jap from the Alc is one ot of the biggett biggest and most important import ant ot of the w waft and the alcan highway will play a major role in keeping our forces supplied with reinforcements and supplies it will be a grand g a nd day d a y for america and the world wo ald when w h en the farst arst brown army truck rolls into fairbanks over the alcan |
