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The name Attu is the Unangan language (Aleut) name for the island. Research of the large number of archaeological sites on the island suggests an estimated precontact population ranging from 2,000 to 5,000 Unangan (Aleut). [6] Attu, being the nearest of the Aleutian Islands to Kamchatka, was the first of the islands exploited by Russian traders.
The Americans' losses were significantly lower, at 566 dead and 1,442 wounded. The bodies of the killed Japanese troops were buried in mass graves on the island – only five per cent of Japanese troops fighting on Attu Island wore dog tags, making identification difficult. In addition, many fallen Japanese were buried by their fellow soldiers ...
Attu Airport terminal. Casco Cove Coast Guard Station (IATA: ATU [2], ICAO: PAAT, FAA LID: ATU) was a military facility and private use airfield on Attu Island, one of the Aleutian Islands in the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] Owned by the United States Coast Guard, [1] Casco Cove CGS is located 1,481 miles (2,383 km) west of Anchorage, Alaska.
Japanese landed on Attu on June 7, 1942, killing the radio operator. The residents were kept in their homes for three months, then taken to Japan. U.S. forces waged a bloody campaign amid hurricane-force winds, rain and dense fog in 1943 to retake Attu Island in what became known as the war’s “forgotten battle.” More than 2,500 Japanese ...
Alexai Point Army Airfield is an abandoned World War II airfield with two runways laid across Alexai Point on Attu Island, Alaska.The remains of the Seabee built airbase are located about 4 miles east of the closed Casco Cove Coast Guard Station, directly across Massacre Bay.
The central portion of the island, where the Japanese facilities were concentrated, and where the Allied landing took place, was designated a National Historic Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1] Five sites totaling 2,345 acres (9.49 km 2) area part of Aleutian Islands World War II National Monument.
Naval Air Facility Adak (IATA: ADK, ICAO: PADK, FAA LID: ADK), was a United States Navy airport located west of Adak, on Adak Island in the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] After its closure in 1997, it was reopened as Adak Airport.
Attu Station is a census-designated place (CDP) located on Attu Island in the Aleutians West Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska.The population was 21 at the 2010 census, [4] consisting entirely of coast guard personnel who resided and worked at Casco Cove Coast Guard Station, but left the island when the station was closed in August 2010, leaving it uninhabited.