Title from verso. Photograph of a camp during the advance across Attu Island. Verso reads: "As Americans advanced on Holtz Bay." "Attu Island--When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and...
Title from verso. Photograph of men waiting for a lull in the fighting to advance. Verso reads: ""Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [...
Title from verso. Photograph of an artillery unit as they watch U.S. aircraft pass over their position. Verso reads: "Attu -- All eyes focus anxiously on the Aleutian skies as American fighting men watch their air arm fly into battle. ...
Title from verso. Photograph of landing boats being lowered over the side of a naval vessel. Verso reads: "Attu -- Two landing boats are swung aloft from one of the ships that brought American troops to Attu to harass the Japs on that...
Title from verso. Photograph of dead Japanese soldiers. Verso reads: "Attu -- Every one a bloody, gruesome corpse with a part of his body torn away, these Japs [ Japanese ] died by their own hand in a mass suicide on Attu, in the...
Title from caption. Photograph of Etta Jones holding two puppies. Verso reads: "Montague, Mich.: The long mystery concerning the fate of C. Foster Jones and wife Etta (above) who were the only white couple living on Attu when the Japs...
Title from verso. Photograph of C. Foster Jones holding a puppy. Verso reads: "Montague, Mich.: The long mystery concerning the fate of C. Foster Jones and wife Etta (above) who were the only white couple living on Attu when the Japs...
Title from verso. Photograph of American bombs falling on Kiska. Verso reads: "This is the first picture to arrive here showing bombs from an American plane heading for the flight strip which the Japs [ Japanese ] have been building on...
Title from verso. Photograph of soldiers and a dog outside a structure called "telephone central". Verso reads: "Kiska -- Left on Kiska Island by the Japs [ Japanese ], this dog soon made new friends among the American forces. This was...
Title from verso. Photograph of men and landing craft during the liberation of Kiska Island. Verso reads: "Canadian and American troops landed from these craft on Kiska beach go to hunt Japs, only to find that the little men weren't...
Image of men on the beach of one of the Andreanof Islands. Caption reads: "Troops occupy Andreanof Island Group in Aleutians, 125 miles east of Jap-held [ Japanese held] Kiska. Here troops reach the beach and make off into the hills to set up...
Title from verso. Photograph of planes ready to go on a bombing run on Kiska Island. Verso reads: "American war planes are all set to have a go at Japs [ Japanese ] on Kiska, only 63 miles away from them on this new landing field...
Title from verso. Photograph of planes ready to go on a bombing run on Kiska Island. Verso reads: "American war planes are all set to have a go at Japs [ Japanese ] on Kiska, only 63 miles away from them on this new landing field...
Title from verso. Photograph of U.S. troops advancing on Holtz Bay on Attu Island. "Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [ Japanese ] garrison on...
Title from verso. Photograph of an American mop-up squad clearing a Japanese gun emplacement. Verso reads: "Moving forward cautiously, the American mop-up squad examines this Jap [ Japanese ] dougout [sic] with makeshift, tent-like...
Title from verso. Photograph of a man speaking into a microphone connected to a loudspeaker; a megaphone is just to the right of the speaker. Verso reads: Attu -- Landing boats bringing American troops to the rocky shores of Attu,...
Title from verso. Photograph of an crew operating a field artillery piece. Verso reads: "Attu -- Working swiftly, doughboys at left unpack "refills" for the field piece their buddies are firing on Japs during the battle of Attu. In...
Title from verso. Photograph of a soldier taking cover behind rocks. Verso reads: "As Americans advanced on Holtz Bay. Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of...
Title from verso. Photograph of soldiers up against a berm as a sniper in the hills harasses their position. Verso reads: "As American troops landed on Attu, Aleutian Islands, May 11, 1943, a navy combat photography unit accompanied the...
Title from verso. Photograph of soldiers carrying ammunition from a protected position. Verso reads: "Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [...