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Descendant of last Native leader of Attu Island demands Japanese reparations for 1942 invasion
Japan invaded the most westerly of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands and took 41 residents as prisoners of war. Twenty-two of them ...
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Descendant of last native leader of Alaska island demands Japanese reparations for 1942 invasion
Japanese landed on Attu on June 7, 1942, killing the radio operator. The residents were kept in their homes for three months, then taken to Japan. U.S. forces waged a bloody campaign amid ...
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Descendant of last native leader of Alaska island demands Japanese reparations for 1942 invasion
The Japanese never compensated the families for the deaths of prisoners or for the loss of land and damage to Attuan culture ...
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Descendant of last native leader of Alaska island demands Japanese reparations for 1942 invasion
Pagano has long believed Japan should pay more restitution for what its soldiers did to her great-grandfather and the other residents of Attu Island. But her demand was sparked anew this summer by ...