World War II
The Forgotten Campaign
The Aleutian Campaign is often called the Forgotten Campaign simply because most people don’t know what happened in this remote theater of the war.
Japanese soldiers captured and occupied part of the United States during WW II. The westernmost island of Attu, Adak and Kiska were held by Japanese soldiers. Forty-three residents of Attu were taken prison of war; half of them died at camps in Japan.
Five hundred and fifty American soldiers lost their lives and 1,700 were injured in a bloody battle to retake Attu.
Japanese Zeros dropped bombs on Unalaska Island's military installments, killing 43.
Hundreds of Aleut people were forcibly evacuated to camps in Southeast Alaska after the bombs fell. Some lived there for three years. Some died. Only half returned to their homes along the Chain.
Read Ed Thomas' memories of the Kiska Invasion
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