Battle of Attu

English: The Battle of Attu took place May 11, 1943 – May 30, 1943 on Attu Island off of Alaska as part of the Aleutian Islands Campaign during the Pacific War of World War II.

Attu

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  Map of Attu.
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  Japanese troops on Attu in the winter of 1943.
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  Japanese officers on Attu sometime in 1943.
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  Japanese artillery crew trains on Attu, sometime in 1943.
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  Japanese artillery crew trains on Attu, sometime in 1943.
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  Japanese barrack interior on Attu.
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  USS Louisville (CA-28) steams out of Kulak Bay, Adak, Aleutian Islands, bound for operations against Attu, 25 April 1943.
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  Japanese Colonel Yasuyo Yamasaki
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  Map of US landings on Attu, May 12, 1943.
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  Map of the capture of Attu in the Aleutian Islands, 1943.
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  US landing craft approach the beach at Massacre Bay on 13 May, 1943.
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  Attu Invasion - Soldiers unload landing craft on the beach at Massacre Bay, Attu, on 13 May 1943. LCVPs in the foreground are from USS Zeilin (APA-3) and USS Heywood (APA-6).
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  Soldiers unloading LCPR and LCM type landing craft on the beach at Massacre Bay, Attu, on 12 May 1943. Boats are from USS Heywood (APA-6).
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  United States troops hauling supplies on Attu in May 1943
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  US troops on Attu during the battle
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  Attu, Aleutian Island, June 4, 1943. Soldiers hurling their trench mortar shells over a ridge into a Japanses position.
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  USS William D. Porter (DD-579) in Massacre Bay, Attu, Aleutian Islands, with other destroyers, 9 June 1944.
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  Japanese soldiers killed during the final "banzai" charge on May 29, 1943.
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  Dead Japanese are prepared for mass burial after the battle.
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  Sign on Attu reads: "Colonel Yamasaki: Yamasaki, a Colonel in the Japanese Army, was killed in action near this point. Colonel Yamasaki commanded all Japanese Troops on the Island."
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  Japanese fire balloons shot down near Attu in the Aleutians shown on gun cameras. P-38 in lower right frame.