Collection Name	San Francisco Call-Bulletin, Aleutian Islands Photographs, 1942-1948
Identifier	UAF-1970-11-40
Title	Knocking out Attu #3
Description	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 expressions as two of them wait tensely for the explosion. A third, with head down, speaks into a field telephone, a cigarette dangling from his lips. This is the first close-up of land battle action on Attu to be released . NY LON SA 12 MUR 6/4/43 (JR) credit (Official U. S. Navy photo from Acme) W 687397"
Creator	United States. Navy
Subject.TGM	Soldiers Mortars (Ordnance) Military personnel War Soldiers Arms & armament
Subject.LCSH	World War II World War, 1939-1945, Campaigns, Alaska
Corporate Name	United States. Army
Location	Attu Island (Alaska)
Region	Western Alaska and Aleutian Islands
Time Period	1939 to 1959
Date	06/4/1943
Type	Collection 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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Knocking out Attu #3

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