During World War 2, the Japanese temporarily captured Kiska Island in the Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia and established a major military base. The move was seen as a threat to control Alaska. Cultural heritage manager and archaeologist with Charles Sturt University's (CSU) Institute for Land, Water and Society, Associate Professor Dirk Spennemann will present a richly illustrated talk on Thursday 25 October on his recent work on the uninhabited, remote and wind-swept island. Professor Spennemann visited the island at the request of the US Fish and Wildlife Service to research the big guns and military relics left on the island after it was abandoned by the Japanese in 1943. This free public lecture will be held from 6pm in conjunction with the Australian Army Museum in the Army Museum Theatrette, Murray Valley Highway, Bandiana, four kilometres east of Wodonga.