"Immediately following Pearl Harbour, the Port of Prince Rupert was chosen as a major supply route to the threatened American shores of Alaska. The Japanese were over running nearby Attu and Kiska, and United States shipping facilities were not enough to combat this serious threat. Prince Rupert was placed at America's disposal, to ship troops and materials to Alaska. Over 17 million dollars were spent on local facilities, and an enormous 73,00 personnel and 1,600,000 tons of cargo were shipped through this northern port city. It was as many have called it, an "American Invasion." With Japanese submarines lurking off of Prince Rupert, thousands of Canadian Army, Navy and Air Force were posted to man the land defence system, fly reconnaissance missions, and protect the dry dock and shipyard, all vital to the Pacific War effort. All eyes were peeled for the enet. The City was truly at war. Drawing from a diverse field of information, making use of published, primary, first hand recollections and photographs, this book puts events and developments of these years all together into one definitive source."-- back cove.r