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Collection Name
San Francisco Call-Bulletin, Aleutian Islands Photographs, 1942-1948
Identifier
UAF-1970-11-31
Title
As
Americans
advanced
on
Holtz
Bay
Description
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 the
fog-shrouded
Aleutian
outpost
began
living
on
borrowed
time
.
Today
, with the
exception
of a
mere
handful
of
prisoners
,
every
Nip
[
Nipponese
]
on the
island
is
dead
and the
U.S
.
troops
are in
complete
control
.
Now
, the
U
.
S
.
is
directing
its
attention
to
wiping
the
Japs
[
Japanese
]
from
Kiska
, the
Main
stronghold
in the
Aleutians
. These
photos
,
(above)
, were
taken
during
the
actual
fighting
, as
Americans
who
landed
North
of
Holtz
Bay
,
clawed
their
way
up
and
over
precipitous
cliffs
under
heavy
sniper
,
machine
gun
and
anti-aircraft
gun
fire
, to
smash
and
capture
the
Nip
[
Nipponese
]
base
on
Holtz
Bay
.
Within
one
week
,
forces
under
Col
.
Frank
Culin
, of
Tucson
,
Ariz.
, and
Maj
.
Albert
V
.
Hartl
, of
Bismarck
,
N.D.
,
advanced
over
the
difficult
terrain
and
captured
the
well-stocked
and
well-fortified
Japanese
Holtz
Bay
base
.
(Passed
by
Censors)
.
Mon
687894
WP---New
York
Bureau
American
troops
dot
the
steep
slopes
of a
hill
overlooking
the
West
arm
of
Holtz
Bay
, as they
move
up
under
heavy
machine
gun
and
mortar
fire
, in the
first
big
offensive
of the
Attu
drive
.
Note
patches
of
snow
covering
the
hillside
,
even
though
this
photo
was
taken
in the
month
of
May
.
Credit
line
(Acme)
(WP)
6-10-43
(ML)
Full
DJH
"
Creator
Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)
Subject.TGM
Military mobilizations
Military personnel
Soldiers
War
Mountains
Battlefields
Subject.LCSH
World War, 1939-1945, Campaigns, Alaska
Location
Attu Island (Alaska)
Region
Western Alaska and Aleutian Islands
Time Period
1939 to 1959
Date
05/11/1943
Type
Image (Photographs)
Ordering & Use
For information on ordering and using this material:
http://library.uaf.edu/order-photos
Holding Institution
Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.;
mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu
--(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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