The freezing cold, the impenetrable fog, and impossibly strong winds made Attu, one of several islands in the westernmost point of Alaska, the least convenient place for war. And yet, these tiny and ...

The only World War II battle fought on U.S. soil was also one of the bloodiest. U.S. soldiers land at “Massacre Bay,” Attu Island, May 11, 1943. Library of Congress. Ask Americans to name World War II ...

A U.S. Navy Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina (BuNo 33969) of Patrol Squadron 61 (VP-61) flies on patrol near a snowy Aleutian Island, in March 1943. This aircraft crashed on 17 January 1944 at Massacre ...

The Battle of Attu grew out of Japan’s occupation of part of the Aleutian Islands in 1942, the only World War II land campaign fought on American soil. After months of Japanese occupation, brutal ...