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6 Jun 1942

Alaska
7 Nov 1942

7 Nov 1942 Photos
B-24 bombing photo of Holtz Bay, Attu Island, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, 7 Nov 1942; note A6M2-N floatplanes
10 Mar 1943

Alaska
3 May 1943

Alaska
11 May 1943

Alaska
  • Submarines USS Nautilus and USS Narwhal landed men of the US Army 7th Scout Company on the northern coast of Attu Island as the first elements of the landings on Attu. Both submarines then departed Attu bound for Dutch Harbor, Alaska. ww2dbase [Aleutian Islands Campaign | Nautilus | Narwhal | Attu, Aleutian Islands | DS]
11 May 1943 Photos
American troops at Massacre Bay, Attu, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, 11 May 1943
12 May 1943

12 May 1943 Photos
US Army soldiers unloading LCPR and LCM type landing craft on the beach at Massacre Bay, Attu, Aleutian islands, 12 May 1943; note military policemen on right side of photo
13 May 1943

13 May 1943 Photos
American soldiers unloading landing craft on the beach at Massacre Bay, Attu, Aleutian Islands, 13 May 1943
18 May 1944

18 May 1944 Photos
Commodore Leslie Gehres inspecting a PV-1 Ventura of Bombing Squadron VB-139 after a belly landing on Attu Island, Alaska, 18 May 1944. Note the Marsden Matting runway surfaceA PV-1 Ventura of Bombing Squadron VB-139 after a belly landing on Attu Island, Alaska, 18 May 1944. This aircraft’s hydraulics were shot out by a Japanese gunboat off the Kamchatka Peninsula. Photo 1 of 2A PV-1 Ventura of Bombing Squadron VB-139 after a belly landing on Attu Island, Alaska, 18 May 1944. This aircraft’s hydraulics were shot out by a Japanese gunboat off the Kamchatka Peninsula. Photo 2 of 2
13 Apr 1945

Alaska
  • US fighter planes based on Attu Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska encountered ten-to-thirty (sources differ) Japanese Fu-Go balloons between 30,000 and 37,000 feet. Nine were shot down and parts of one balloon were recovered. ww2dbase [Fu-Go | Attu, Aleutian Islands | DS]



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