Attu Battle Of 748

Top Left: The motor of a Japanese fighter plane that crash landed onto the beach at Attu Island, in the Aleutians. Top Right: Colored trainees take the big guns serious as they practice firing at Camp Wallace, Texas. 1943 Bottom Left: On top of the high knoll overlooking the bay, the American forces had a battery of 81 mm mortars. This picture shows the firing of one of the mortars. The man with the telephone is receiving firing data from a forward observer, directing fire into the valley leading into Chichagof Bay. Attu Island, in the Aleutians. May 20, 1943 Bottom Right: In this picture several men are seen fishing out of the water a .30 cal machine gun, which has been washed overboard from one of the landing barges. Massacre Bay, Attu Island, in the Aleutians. May 20, 1943

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