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Show Is There Anybody Home? wmviwmvmw&vw ... . , , , American soldiers, engaged In mopping up operations on Attn island, peck into a Japanese dugout in search of snipers. The dugout has a tent roof to keep out the bitter wind and cold of the bleak island that became a cemetery for the enemy. Most of the Japanese were killed in battle or committed suicide. Few were captured. The end of Japanese resistance on Attu was marked by a final suicidal enemy attack, early in the morning. The resulting battle was a slaughter in which it has been estimated esti-mated that 50 Japanese were killed for every American. Some of the Japs struck their hand grenades against their helmets to start the detonation mechanism, then held the grenades to their chests until the explosion ended their lives. The final attack occurred in American positions above Cories Lake. One American colonel and other officers were surrounded in a tent from which they fought off Japs for seven hours. An example of the accuracy ac-curacy of the American's shooting was shown when the body of an Alaskan scout was found with twelve dead Japs lying in a half circle around him. |