Title from accompanying notes. "Al Randall and Japanese climbers at Camp 1 after Al and I had scouted beyond Camp 1. Bright red colored flags are wands used to mark the route so that it can be followed (even in poor weather)." Six men in...
Title from verso. Photograph of the site of a former Aleut village. Verso reads: "Expanse of water and grass was all that met first Japanese who occupied Kiska Island in the Aleutians. This is the site of a former Aleut village. W...
Title from verso. Photograph of bombing damage from a U.S. air raid on Japanese forces on Kiska Island. Verso reads: "This photo, released in Washington today, shows columns of smoke rising from Japanese installations on Kiska Island in...
Only a few Japanese prisoners were captured during the fighting at Massacre Bay, Attu. For these the war was over. The rest were either evacuated before the battle or were killed in the fierce fighting.
Signal Corps photo number SC 179466. Verso: During the American drive on Chichagof Bay, our forces came across groups of Japanese soldiers, 30 or 40 in a group; a great many of them realizing that they were trapped and going to be killed...
Title from verso During the last days of the battle of Massacre Bay, several Japanese prisoners were taken. Instead of being killed as the Japanese feared they would be, they were well treated, fed, and provided with candy and cigarettes. Then...