Ghosts In The Fog: The Untold Story Of Alaska's WWII Invasion (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
"Ghosts in the fog" is a great book to read if you are into learning secrets never told about World War Two. This book is filled with shocking and traumatic events that were "forgotten" during the war. The book starts off taking place at Pearl Harbor, Oahu Hawaii. The book also takes place in Otaru, Hokkaido,Japan and Kiska Alaska. lieutenant Commander Edwin Layton who was also known as Eddie was more of a flat character but Charlie House was a round character who got mentioned a lot through out the book. Charlie was married to a women named Marie and always had a picture of them together in his pocket while a POW. Charlie was known as "a ghost in the fog' because of how long he walked to the Japanese soldiers and because of the bad condition he was in. I would definitely recommend "Ghosts in the fog" to everyone to learn about some major tragedies going on during World War Two and for a great information and suspenseful reading. It could have been a little bit less like a textbook and a little bit more adapted to a teen audience, especially with this topic-- the Japanese invading Alaska during WWII around the time of Pearl Harbor-- and how little is known or discussed about this happening (similar to how little the textbooks/history talks about the USS Indianapolis). Even the pictures are dark black and white and don't do the story justice. Aside from needing a more engaging set of color pictures and being written less academically, the story is truly amazing and it's hard to understand all that the Aleut people endured as their homes were under siege, bombed, and taken over by the Japanese. Amazing and a necessary story.
What do You think about Ghosts In The Fog: The Untold Story Of Alaska's WWII Invasion (2011)?
Certainly not the best prose I've ever read, but it's an interesting event in WWII history.
—Mallika
This book is very interesting. I never knew that Japan invaded Alaska.
—wee6788
For credit: An easy to read book on a largely unknown topic.
—fer_1890
