Gregory Golodoff was three years old when the remote Alaskan island he lived on was captured by Japanese troops. His recent death at 84 has stirred up memories of the only WWII battle on North American soil.
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ANCHORAGE Gregory Golodoff spent most of his years on a quiet Alaska island, living an ordinary life, managing a co-op store, fishing for crab and serving as the village council president. But Golodoff’s recent death at the age of 84 has reopened a chapter of American history and stirred up memories of a long-forgotten Japanese invasion that prompted the only World War II battle on North American soil.