S2524 Where Even Reindeer Feared to Tread

S2524 Where Even Reindeer Feared to Tread

Class | Registration opens Monday, March 10, 2025 10:00 AM EST

4/23/2025 (one day)
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S2524 Where Even Reindeer Feared to Tread

Class | Registration opens Monday, March 10, 2025 10:00 AM EST

No one completely understood Japan's reasons for attacking the barren, freezing, windswept islands known as the Aleutians. Even so, after the stunning American victory at the Battle of Midway, June 4-6, 1942, U.S. leaders decided that the Japanese expansion had to be repulsed no matter how difficult the daunting terrain situation or the risks involved.

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Johnson, Fred
Fred Johnson

Dr. Fred L. Johnson III is Guy Vander Jagt '53 Endowed Professor of History at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. Dr. Johnson earned his Ph.D. from Kent State University in Kent Ohio. Prior to his career academia, Dr. Johnson served as a Communications-Electronics officer in the United States Marine Corps and Infantry Officer in the Marine Reserves. His historical fields of expertise include U. S. Military History, the Civil War, Africa, and 20th Century U.S. History.