American and Canadian troops had by-passed the island of Kiska as they pressed on to Attu Island where the decisive action of the war in the Aleutians took place. Returning to take Kiska after the Battle of Attu they found that the Japanese forces...
Signal Corps photo number SC 174201. Verso: Medics massage the legs and feet of 17 year old Pvt. Donald Lynch who was forced to remain in a water filled trench at the front for over twenty- four hours due to enemy fire. At the time this picture...
Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter, flown by Flight Petty Officer Tadayoshi Koga in an attack on Dutch Harbor, June 4, 1942. His plane was hit on the oil line. When Koga attempted to land on Akutan Island, the wheels of his plane sank between hummocks,...