7 June 2017

Attu Island

By icefogger

7 June 1942

Attu Village on the island of Attu in 1937

A force of 1140 Japanese infantry, landed on Attu Island in the Aleutians. The island had been occupied by 45 Aleut villagers, a school teacher, and her husband. The school teacher’s husband was shot, and the others made prisoners of war, and shipped to Japan.

Ski troopers of the Japanese Imperial Army, Attu Island

Construction began immediately on an airbase and fortifications.

Japanese seaplanes in Holtz Bay, Attu Island, November 1942

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Just a basic, down to Earth, laid back type of guy here, who loves the outdoors, the indoors, jazz on the turntable, a fire in the woodstove, the northern lights blazing across the sky, and the company of good friends. View all posts by icefogger

This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 7th, 2017 at 6:39 AM and tagged with Aleutians, attu, history, japan, photo, WWII and posted in Alaska. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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3 responses to “Attu Island”

• GP Cox
  June 11th, 2017 at 10:00 AM

  You might be interested in this site. Judy had two relatives in Alaska during the war.
  https://greatestgenerationlessons.wordpress.com/

  Just tell her GP Cox sent you.

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  • icefogger
    June 11th, 2017 at 6:37 PM

    Thanks, she has a very interesting site. Not a lot of attention is paid to the Aleutian Campaign. I appreciate the tip.

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    • GP Cox
      June 11th, 2017 at 7:04 PM

      I have posts devoted to it as well, but I thought you might want to read letters written back then. Glad you like her site.

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