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Show FIRST PHOTOS OF OUR ATTACK ON ATTU . . .. . .. . . , , 1 . U. S. NAVY OFFICIAL PHOTO As American troops landed on Attu, Aleutian Islands, May 11, 1943, a Navy Combat Photography Photogra-phy Unit accompanied the first wave of American troops ashore at Japanese-occupied Attu, the westernmost island of the Aleutian chain. Some of the photos such as this were made under fire as the Japanese snipers in the hills in the background, half hidden hid-den by fog, attempted to wing our men (shown in the foreground) near Massacre Beach. The Japs, skillfully camouflaged, came down to the edge of the line of fog and fired from the crevices in the rocks. |