The Aleutian Islands, 1941/1943 -- Lowering the security curtain -- Confrontation in the Aleutians -- The secret Nisei in the Aleutian Campaign -- Nisei support at Attu and Kiska -- The Tatsuguchi diary -- The Kurile Islands, 1943/1945 -- Looking beyond the Aleutians -- American prisoners in the Kuriles -- Whither the North Pacific weather? -- American deception and Japanese reaction -- The waiting period in the North Pacific -- Soviet presence in the North Pacific -- Lifting the security curtain.