M 8.2 - 104 km SE of Perryville, Alaska
2021-07-29 06:15:47 (UTC)55.325°N 157.841°W32.2 km depth
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Remembering the Aleutian Campaign of World War II
Friday, May 11, 2018
''In mid-1942 Japanese forces attacked the Aleutians, a series of islands running southwest from the Alaska Peninsula. Meant to distract the American fleet from the planned attack on Midway Island, Japanese forces captured Attu Island and Kiska Island on June 6 and 7, 1942. ''While the Japanese originally intended to abandon the islands before winter, they instead chose to settle in and planned to build airfields on both islands. They hoped that holding this American territory might have a profound, negative, psychological effect on the United States.
American leadership understood the symbolism and practical importance of these geographic locations and wanted to retake Attu and Kiska as soon as possible. But in order to do so, American positions on nearby islands had to be shored up. American troops arrived on Adak Island, about 250 miles east of Kiska, at the end of August 1942 with the intent of building an airfield. Inventive engineering allowed the completion of a runway in just two weeks, and by mid-September B-24 heavy bombers began launching strikes from Adak. Over the next few months, forces continued to increase in the region, and by 1943 100,000 American troops were based in Alaska and 13 new bases had been built.
75 years later, ‘forgotten’ WWII battle on Alaskan island haunts soldiers
Mark Thiessen, The Associated Press and Mari Yamaguchi, The Associated Press
May 27, 2018
https://www.armytimes.com/veterans/2018/05/27/75-years-later-forgotten-wwii-battle-in-alaska-haunts-soldiers/
In this June 1943 file photo, a U.S. squad armed with guns and hand grenades close in on Japanese holdouts entrenched in dugouts during World War II on Attu Island, part of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. May 30, 2018 will mark the 75th anniversary of American forces recapturing Attu Island in Alaska's Aleutian chain from Japanese forces. It was the only World War II battle fought on North American soil. (AP)
American forces reclaimed remote Attu Island on May 30, 1943, after a 19-day campaign that is known as World War II’s forgotten battle. Much of the fighting was hand-to-hand, waged in dense fog and winds of up to 120 mph (193 kph).
The battle for the Aleutian island was one of the deadliest in the Pacific in terms of the percentage of troops killed. Nearly all the Japanese forces, estimated at about 2,500 soldiers, died with only 28 survivors. About 550 or so U.S. soldiers were killed.
In this May 26, 1943, file photo released by the U.S. Navy, American soldiers and equipment land on the black volcanic beach during World War II at Massacre Bay on Attu Island, part of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. May 30, 2018 will mark the 75th anniversary of American forces recapturing Attu Island in Alaska's Aleutian chain from Japanese forces. It was the only World War II battle fought on North American soil. (U.S. Navy via AP)
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