Are these facts true??????

[Mike Abberton]

11. is basically true. The Japanese abandoned Kiska after Attu fell without the US/Canada realizing it. So they invaded and found the Japanese positions empty although there were some booby traps left behind.

From Wikipidia (although I've heard the story elsewhere):

Admiral Ernest King reported to the secretary of the Navy, Frank Knox, that the only things that remained on the island were dogs and fresh brewed coffee. Knox asked for an explanation and King responded, "The Japanese are very clever. Their dogs can brew coffee."

I suspect number 3 not quite true. I am completely sure that 71% of USAAC personnel were not killed. Not even 71% of USAAC personnel were casualties (casualties include killed, wounded, and other various non-combat reasons for removal from combat duty like illness, a fact many people don't realize). It's possible that 71% of bomber flight crews in the US Eighth Air Force were casualties during some period of the war, but I don't think that's reperesentative of the overall casualty rates. I've usually heard that the highest casualty rate for the entire war was the U-Boat crews, and I don't think they were at 71%.