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Japs' [Japanese] last stand

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Collection Name	San Francisco Call-Bulletin, Aleutian Islands Photographs, 1942-1948
Identifier	UAF-1970-11-48
Title	Japs' [Japanese] last stand
Description	Title from verso . Photograph of smoke rising from a small island (Kinnaw(sic)) after a bombing run. Verso reads : "Smoke rises from fires started by American air and ground forces on the small island of Kinnaw (sic) , off Chicagof Harbor, Attu, where the Japanese made their last stand. A U.S. Navy plane flew over the shell and bomb pocked hills to make this photo on May 31st . NY LON SA MX SJ #12 6/16/43 Credit line (official U. S. Navy photo from Acme). W688586" An error beginning with the U.S. Navy description has been identified by Glen Salter while doing research. The small island above listed as Kinnaw should be Kennon Island. Named after a Naval Lieutenant on the US Schooner Fenimore Cooper in 1854-55.
Creator	Official U. S. Navy photo Acme photo
Subject.TGM	Bombings War damage 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.original	6/16/1943
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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