 I'm Greg Bell, and as you just heard, the McGee's spent their summer vacation in Alaska, which at the time was still 18 years away from becoming the nation's 49th state. But not long after that broadcast, though, Alaska became quite important to the defense of the United States during World War II. I'll provide the details and wrap up when radio was right after this. I am the whistler, and I know many things, for I walk by night.