U.S. and Japanese forces fought over the Aleutian Islands during World War II. Relics of this conflict can still be found on seafloor today, and the Indigenous people who used to call the islands home ...

This soldier became the first Hispanic American MOH recipient of WWII. The Japanese occupations in June 1942 on the Aleutian ...

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The Japanese occupations in June 1942 on the Aleutian islands of Attu and Kiska, originally planned as a feint to divide the U.S. Navy at the onset of the Battle of Midway, would fail to prevent ...

2018 FAIRBANKS — It was a short battle as far as war is concerned — just 18 days. That’s how long U.S. forces fought Japan for control of Attu, a small island at the end of Alaska’s ...

Researchers exploring the maritime archaeology of Attu, the most western part of the Aleutian Islands, where the Battle of Attu took ... and invaded Attu and Kiska. "The Unangax̂ (Aleut ...