Show Alcan Highway Will Help Oust J Japs aps From Aleutians I Alaska is our first fust line of defense against our war with Japan and its strategic importance to the safety of continental United States can hardly be overestimated Up to this time tune this vast wilderness wilderness wilderness wilder wilder- ness outpost has been reached by only two main main routes a air air i and wa wa- wa- wa ter The Alcan highway will ill provide provide provide pro pro- vide a third and possibly the most important route to this strategic area It will enable soldiers and armored equipment to reach Fair Fair- 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 and in the Aleutian chain brought into strong focus the military military military mili mili- 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. U S. S bombers and has been blasted by the fleet More recently the navy landed Yank troops in the Andreano islands only miles east of Kiska without the loss of a single man This op operation ration of blasting the Japs from the Aleutians is one of the biggest biggest biggest big big- gest and most important of the war and the Alcan highway will play playa a major role in keeping our forces supplied with reinforcements and supplies It will be a grand day for America and the world when the first brown army truck rolls into Fairbanks over the Alcan |