Like a giant causeway over the wastes of the North Pacific, the Aleutians stretch about 1,000 miles from the Alaskan mainland (see map). On to windswept, fog-washed Attu at their western tip, American troops swarmed last week.
The Job. In attacking Attu, the Army & Navy simply cut around the Jap forces on strongly held Kiska, presumably proposed to deal with them later or to starve them out. Although the Japs apparently had a relatively small force on Attu, they had a strong position. Only 35 miles long and 20 miles wide, Attu is fiercely rugged. Its swampy beaches offer no...
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