The site of the only ground campaign waged in North America during World War II, the remote Alaskan island of Attu is the western most point of the United States. Its barren landscape is challenging.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Aug. 1943 file photo, a bugler sounds taps during a memorial service while a group of G.I.s visit the graves of ...

Seventy-five years ago, Japan and the United States were locked in one of the bloodiest battles fought on American soil: the Battle of Attu. Army veteran Allan Serroll served on Attu Island, which ...

WHITTIER, Alaska (KTUU/Gray News) - An important part of Alaskan history is now back in Alaska. On Tuesday, the Prince William Sound Museum in Whittier accepted a 1939 Japanese machine gun — called a ...

A peace memorial sits atop Engineer Hill at Attu Island, Alaska, on June 21, 2016. The memorial is in honor of all those who sacrificed their lives in the islands and seas of the North Pacific during ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ANCHORAGE, Alaska — William Roy Dover’s memory of the World War II battle is as sharp as it was 75 years ago, even though it’s been long forgotten by most ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — William Roy Dover’s memory of the World War II battle is as sharp as it was 75 years ago, even though it’s been long forgotten by most everyone else. His first sergeant rousted him ...

The williwaw gusts swirled thick fog among transport ships off Attu Island, and the waiting infantrymen nervously mulled the name of their landing site: Massacre Bay. Native Unangans were slaughtered ...

For three days this week, Alaskans will once again become reacquainted with one of the most important events in their collective history. The Aleutians campaign of World War II has been dismissed by ...