The gathering at Oxton Village Assisted Living in Social Circle witnessed a rare ceremony on August 25 honoring a WWII veteran of the Aleutian Islands campaign. Neglected by historians and academia, the men who fought and endured in the glacial seas in the Battle for the Komandorski Islands and struggled on the frozen tundra of Kiska and Attu were and continue to be overshadowed by the monikers of tropical island battles like Guadalcanal, Midway, and Guam. I had the honor to interview the Aleutian Islands veteran, Mr. Virgil Hanks.