Four men identified as, left to, right Ernest Gruening, Charles Bunnell, Henry Jackson and T. Moore, each is wearing graduation robes and mortar boards. several military officers are visible in the background.
Title from verso. Photograph of a team firing a mortar. Verso reads: "Right in the thick of action on Attu, hurling their trench mortar shells over a ridge into a Japanese position, these soldiers go about their job casually. Note the...
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...
(6:24 min.) (07 of 12) Supplies from Massacre Bay Winched up ridge--Lt. Col Green--disposition of Japanese forces--Getting supplies up to engineer hill--Building a switch back road--each man going up carried K-rations, bullets or mortar...
Title taken from attached note. Title taken from attached note. ROTC (Reserve Officers Training Corps). Groups of soldiers are seen here training on how to operate a mortar.