World War II searchlight arrives in Kodiak

A restored World War II searchlight has taken its place at the Kodiak Military History Museum and is now near a bunker that used to light the skies with similar technology. The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports that two volunteers with Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park found the searchlight in a field of searchlights in Oregon last year and spent months working to restore the historic piece and to get it to Kodiak.

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