Pvt. Joe Martinez's actions came during the only World War II battle American and Japanese troops fought in the ice and snow.

Helena Pagano’s great-grandfather was the last Alaska Native chief of a remote island in the Bering Sea, closer to Russia ...

Pagano says the 1951 treaty would not bar additional restitution. The island is part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. In August, Pagano made her first trip to Attu, on a ship operated ...

A remnant of World War II remains on Attu Island, Alaska, on Aug. 22, 2017. (Lisa Hupp/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP, File) The island is part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.

The island is part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. In August, Pagano made her first trip to Attu, on a ship operated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which manages the refuge.