Japanese exterminators at work #1.
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)
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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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