Collection Name	San Francisco Call-Bulletin, Aleutian Islands Photographs, 1942-1948
Identifier	UAF-1970-11-52
Title	Japanese exterminators at work #1.
Description	Title from verso: "Jap exterminators at work" . Photograph of soldiers clearing a Japanese gun emplacement. Verso reads : "Attu -- Guns in hand, a mop-up squad moves in to clean up this Jap [ Japanese ] gun emplacement on the west arm of Holtz Bay. The two Japs [ Japanese ] who held the position refused to surrender. Smoke can be seen still risinig from the spot where hand grenades were tossed to wipe out the stubborn pair of Nips [ Nipponese ] . See photo # MON 687940 Passed by army censor Full Credit Line -- WP --(Acme) 6/11/43 (EO) MON 687939 WP"
Creator	Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)
Subject.TGM	Soldiers War Military mobilizations Military personnel Battlefields
Subject.LCSH	World War, 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Alaska -- Aleutian Islands
Corporate Name	United States. Army
Location	Attu Island (Alaska)
Region	Western Alaska and Aleutian Islands
Time Period	1939 to 1959
Date	6/11/1943
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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Japanese exterminators at work #1.

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