Alaska Gov. Dunleavy Issues Proclamation on Alaska Territorial Guard Day
October 18, 2019
October 18, 2019
JUNEAU, Alaska, Oct. 18 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following proclamation:
WHEREAS, following the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 2941, Alaska Territorial Governor and statesman Ernest Gruening instructed military officers to begin recruiting and enlisting volunteers to form the Alaska Territorial Guard (ATG), which would become the first line of defense in the occasion of an attack on Alaska; and
WHEREAS, the ATG was initially comprised of over 6,0 . . .
WHEREAS, following the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 2941, Alaska Territorial Governor and statesman Ernest Gruening instructed military officers to begin recruiting and enlisting volunteers to form the Alaska Territorial Guard (ATG), which would become the first line of defense in the occasion of an attack on Alaska; and
WHEREAS, the ATG was initially comprised of over 6,0 . . .