That’s how long U.S. forces fought Japan for control of Attu, a small island at the end of Alaska’s Aleutian chain. From May 11-30, 1943, the two nations battled for control of the island that ...

There are U.S. territories farther west than Alaska, but there is no process ... gathered on Adak as a staging point to retake nearby Attu Island from the Japanese. After the war, the island ...

Underwater archaeologists have located the wrecks of three military ships involved in Japan's invasion of Alaska's remote ... month during an expedition to Attu Island, at the westernmost tip ...

Attu is considered North America’s westernmost tip because it is the last American island of the Aleutian Arc that extends westward from the Alaska Peninsula. However, because it is on the other side ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — On a desolate slab of island ... about 27,000 combat troops gathered on Adak as a staging point to retake nearby Attu Island from the Japanese. Among famous Americans ...

Jeff Himler Sunday, May 26, 2024 12:01 a.m. | Sunday, May 26, 2024 12:01 a.m. The Battle of Attu, on one of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, is known by historians as the “Forgotten War” of World ...