As part of this campaign, the US Navy opened fire after picking up unknown radar signals that were probably migrating seabirds in the Battle of the Pips. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this 1940s military campaign in which John DeWitt and Thomas Kinkaid led Operation Landcrab against the Japanese in a battle to reclaim Attu.
ANSWER: Aleutian Islands campaign [prompt on, but DO NOT REVEAL, Alaskan campaign or Alaska campaign]
[10e] During World War II, this state’s Territorial Guard assisted US troops fighting in this state’s Aleutian Islands campaign.
ANSWER: Alaska [or AK]
[10h] This location was the site of a naval operating base with nearby Fort Mears on Amaknak Island. This site, which was one of the few US locations targeted by an aerial bombardment, names a battle fought a day before the Battle of Midway.
ANSWER: Dutch Harbor
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