After the war was over, the approximately 6,000 American military men who served on Adak during World War II recalled Adak's cold, foggy, windy weather; mud; Quonset huts; few women and no trees; and a volcano that from time to time would issue puffs of smoke.
Despois de terminar a guerra, os aproximadamente 6.000 militares americanos que serviron en Adak durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial lambraban o clima frío, brumoso e ventoso de Adak; barro, barracóns prefabricados, poucas mulleres, falta de árbores e un volcán que de cando en vez emitía fumes.