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We have had Halloweens without snow, before. Just hoping it doesn't rain.
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It’s going to snow in Chicago , supposedly on Saturday!
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I just took 6" of white shit off of my driveway and parking pad.
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Hell of a way to earn a livin'
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If I lived up there I'd have a winch. And a long steak to drive into the ground to anchor the line to.
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Tomahawk, I suppose, eh?
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Why the delay?
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It's been out before. The 'Mericans down south weren't appreciative.
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"
The Alaska Territorial Guard
When WWII reached Alaska’s doorstep, there weren’t enough soldiers to defend a 6,000-mile coastline. So Alaskans stepped up. Not drafted. Not paid. Just answering the call to protect home.
Over 6,300 volunteers joined, most of them Alaska Native: Inupiat, Yup’ik, Athabascan, Aleut, Sugpiaq, Haida, and Tlingit hunters, mushers, elders, whalers, and teenagers who had grown up reading weather in the wind and the ice. Organized in 1942, they patrolled the coasts, reported enemy movements, guarded radio stations, rescued downed pilots, and moved supplies by dog team across terrain that broke trained Army units. They were the first line of defense in the Aleutian Islands campaign and often the only protective presence in remote communities.
They kept watch while the world forgot we were a battleground.
And here’s the part most people don’t know:
They weren’t recognized as U.S. veterans until 2000, and some did not receive full honors or benefits until as late as 2017. Yet their service changed military strategy forever. Their surveillance work helped shape Arctic defense networks that still exist today, including the early warning systems that eventually became the backbone of NORAD.
They were more than volunteers.
They were soldiers of the North.
They were Alaska."
Grandpa was a member.
The Alaska Territorial Guard
When WWII reached Alaska’s doorstep, there weren’t enough soldiers to defend a 6,000-mile coastline. So Alaskans stepped up. Not drafted. Not paid. Just answering the call to protect home.
Over 6,300 volunteers joined, most of them Alaska Native: Inupiat, Yup’ik, Athabascan, Aleut, Sugpiaq, Haida, and Tlingit hunters, mushers, elders, whalers, and teenagers who had grown up reading weather in the wind and the ice. Organized in 1942, they patrolled the coasts, reported enemy movements, guarded radio stations, rescued downed pilots, and moved supplies by dog team across terrain that broke trained Army units. They were the first line of defense in the Aleutian Islands campaign and often the only protective presence in remote communities.
They kept watch while the world forgot we were a battleground.
And here’s the part most people don’t know:
They weren’t recognized as U.S. veterans until 2000, and some did not receive full honors or benefits until as late as 2017. Yet their service changed military strategy forever. Their surveillance work helped shape Arctic defense networks that still exist today, including the early warning systems that eventually became the backbone of NORAD.
They were more than volunteers.
They were soldiers of the North.
They were Alaska."
Grandpa was a member.
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