Attu Battle Of Series745

Top Left: Medics try to help a yound soldier on Attu Island, in the Aleutians. Top Right: Two soldiers split a blanket as they try and sleep in the dirt on Attu Island, in the Aleutians. Bottom Left: Dead Japanese soldier apparently killed by shrapnel. This picture also illustrates very clearly the typical clothing of a Jap soldier on Attu Island, in the Aleutians. May 19, 1943 Bottom Right: Bodies of five American soldiers who were killed in the battle at Holtz Bay. They have just been evacuated from the front and are to be burried shortly. Note the board under each body and dog tag. Attu Island, in the Aleutians. May 13, 1943

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