<P> The Dutch Harbor Naval Operating Base and Fort Mears are the two military installations built next to each other in Dutch Harbor , on Amaknak Island of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska , by the United States in response to the growing war threat with Imperial Japan . In 1938 the Navy Board recommended the construction which began in July 1940 . The first army troops arrived in June 1941 and the navy air base was finished in September 1941 . At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor , these were the only military installations in the Aleutian Islands . </P>
<P> The Dutch Harbor Naval Operating Base and Fort Mears are the two military installations built next to each other in Dutch Harbor , on Amaknak Island of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska , by the United States in response to the growing war threat with Imperial Japan . In 1938 the Navy Board recommended the construction which began in July 1940 . The first army troops arrived in June 1941 and the navy air base was finished in September 1941 . At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor , these were the only military installations in the Aleutian Islands . </P>
where is the army base in alaska located
where is the army base in alaska located
Dutch Harbor , on Amaknak Island of the Aleutian Islands
Dutch Harbor , on Amaknak Island of the Aleutian Islands