By Greg Knight
Nore recognized for WWII service in Alaska
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Kjell Nore, a member of the Alaska Territorial Guard from 1942-47 in Wrangell received an ATG Service Medal from fellow Wrangellite and Veteran’s Affairs deputy director Mercedes Angerman on Tuesday, Sept. 4.
At the outset of World War II, Alaska had not yet achieved statehood, but rather was a territorial possession of the United States. The world was at war, and the land that was to become the Last Frontier was the front line of defense against the Imperial Japanese armed forces.
Against that backdrop, Territorial Governor Ernest Gruening established the Alaska Territorial Guard in March of 1942 to protect the future state against any possible invasion of the Japanese.
Wrangell contributed nearly 100 soldiers to the effort, all of whom were unpaid volunteers in the defense of the territory.
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