Dossier
Sitka, Alaska
Coverage of Sitka, Alaska in the Nexus archive.
- Over 81,000 U.S. soldiers are missing from past wars. One may soon be identified
The Department of Defense has disinterred the remains of an unidentified WWII soldier buried in Sitka, Alaska, to determine his identity. Over 81,000 U.S. soldiers remain missing from past wars.
- Coast Guard helicopter crashes during Alaska training mission, injuring four crew members
A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crashed during a training mission near Sitka, Alaska, injuring four crew members. Rescue crews transported the injured to Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center, and no deaths were reported. The cause remains under investigation.