Bleak, mountainous Attu had a population of only about forty people pr...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Little Falls Cemetary - National Parks Gallery
Little Falls Cemetery, Attu Island, WWII. It was here that our fallen servicemen were interred until after the war when they were sent home in the states. To visit the cemetery was a very solemn occasion. (HR)
Beached landing craft - National Parks Gallery
Inspecting landing craft, Holtz Bay, Attu Island, WWII. Jim Hughes, Danny?, Glen Nissing and George Brown. (HR)
Big guns of the battlewagons softened the Japs on Attu
View of men on deck of U.S. Navy battleship. NA-FP-43-54524. Official U.S. Navy photograph.
Big guns of the battlewagons softened the Japs on Attu. Forward guns o...
Official U.S. Navy photograph. File no. GS-DS52-54530. Public domain photograph of United States navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Attu, Aleutian Island, June 4, 1943. Soldiers hurling their trench mor...
Image source: U.S. Navy. Title and other information from file print. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI... More
Attu, Aleutian Island, June 4, 1943. Soldiers hurling their trench mor...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Courtesy Walter Andersen - Andy Andersen and Paul Carrigan, Attu Islan...
Andy Andersen and Paul Carrigan, Attu Island, 1943
Walter "Andy" Andersen, 1944. Hut 32, Cape Wrangell, Attu Island, Alas...
Walter "Andy" Andersen, 1944. Hut 32, Cape Wrangell, Attu Island, Alaska
Courtesy of Walter Andersen - Andy Andersen, 1944, checking the weathe...
Courtesy of Walter Andersen - Andy Andersen, 1944, checking the weather! Aerological station at Cape Wrangell, Attu Island, Alaska.
Courtesy of Walter Andersen - PBY-5A, Number 71, 1944. Attu Island, Al...
Courtesy of Walter Andersen - PBY-5A, Number 71, 1944. Attu Island, Alaska
Courtesy of Walter Andersen - "Heavy" Cornwell Jr. and Hans Juhr, Cape...
Courtesy of Walter Andersen - "Heavy" Cornwell Jr. and Hans Juhr, Cape Wrangell, Attu Island, Alaska, 1944
Courtesy of Walter Andersen - Cape Wrangell, Attu Island, Alaska, 1944...
Courtesy of Walter Andersen - Cape Wrangell, Attu Island, Alaska, 1944. Tex, Name unknown, Hans Juhr, Maurice Huntley, ""Heavy" Cornwell Jr., Andy Andersen
Courtesy of Walter Andersen - Massacre Bay, Attu Island, Alaska, 1944
Courtesy of Walter Andersen - Massacre Bay, Attu Island, Alaska, 1944
Bruce Hubbard Collection 4 - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...
(Back of Photo) Bruce Hubbard – Fighters! Rear – bedroom – of our 1 ½ Pacific Huts on the hill. Attu Island, 1945 (On sticky note written by Mr. Hubbard) The guy standing in middle is – Me – Bruce Hubbard. Just... More
Bruce Hubbard Collection 3 - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...
(Back of Photo) Bruce Hubbard – 18th Fighter Sqdn., 11th Air Force, Attu Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 1945 (On sticky note written by Mr. Hubbard) “Blue Flight” planes on opposite side of parking – steel m... More
Tomoyuki Omura, a Japanese dignitary whose father was killed on the is...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Attu Island State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Willie Thornton Release Status: Released to P... More
Loran Station Attu decommissioning
ATTU ISLAND, Alaska - The final 20 man crew of Loran Station Attu, lead by Chief Warrant Officer Jeff Rosenberg (right) and Chief Petty Officer Alex Limonte (left), stands on the steps of decommissioned station... More
A seat recovered from an aircraft found on Attu Island.
A seat recovered from an aircraft found on Attu Island.
Loran Station Attu decommissioning
ATTU ISLAND, Alaska - Boards cover the lower windows of the Loran C station on Attu Island Aug. 27, 2010, during the decommissiong ceremony. The building at Massacre Bay, originally a Navy weather observatory w... More
Loran Station Attu decommissioning
ATTU ISLAND, Alaska - Crewmen from Loran Station Attu make a final trek to the awaiting HC-130 Hercules airplane on the Attu runway following the decommissioning of the station after more than 66 years of servi... More
HC-130 Hercules aircraft, Alaska
ATTU ISLAND, Alaska - A Kodiak-based HC-130 Hercules aircraft sits on the runway in Attu awaiting the final Loran Station crew following the decommissioning of the station after more than 66 years of service Au... More
Loran Station Attu decommissioning
ATTU ISLAND, Alaska - Don Funk, a Lansing, Mich., resident and former Coast Guard Loran A technician, stands on the steps of the current Loran station in Attu with Massacre Bay stretching out behind him Aug. 27... More
Loran Station Attu decommissioning
ATTU ISLAND, Alaska - Petty Officer 1st Class Vince Ornelas, an electronics technician, folds the Loran Station Attu national ensign for the final time following a decommissioning ceremony Aug. 27, 2010. Ornela... More
Loran Station Attu decommissioning
ATTU ISLAND, Alaska - Cmdr. Marc Sanders of Coast Guard Navigation Center Alexandria, Va., Chief Warrant Officer Jeff Rosenberg, commanding officer Loran Station Attu, and Cmdr. James Boyer of Coast Guard Distr... More
Loran Station Attu decommissioning
ATTU ISLAND, Alaska - Chief Petty Officer Alex Limonte, executive officer Loran Station Attu, sends the station's final messages following a decommissioning ceremony Aug. 27, 2010. Limonte is one of 20 men who ... More
Loran Station Attu decommissioning
ATTU ISLAND, Alaska - Ron Caswell, a former Coast Guard electronics technician and Loran technician, looks out over Attu Island and Massacre Bay from the steps of the Coast Guard Loran station Aug. 27, 2010, ju... More
Loran Station Attu decommissioning
ATTU ISLAND, Alaska - Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan Kinzel, an electronics technician, disconnects the final piece of communications equipment at Loran Station Attu, a VHF-FM radio used to contact the Coast Gu... More
Courtesy of Walter Andersen - Walter "Andy" Andersen, Cape Wrangell, A...
Courtesy of Walter Andersen - Walter "Andy" Andersen, Cape Wrangell, Attu Island, Alaska
Courtesy of Walter Andersen - Hut 32, Attu Island, Alaska. PeeWee Welc...
Courtesy of Walter Andersen - Hut 32, Attu Island, Alaska. PeeWee Welch and Andy Andersen
US COAST GUARD Cutter Sherman, Alaska
ATTU ISLAND, Alaska - U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman floats at anchor in Massacre Bay near Attu Island, Nov. 7, 2012. The Sherman's crew visited historic sites on the island, the location of a Japanese invasi... More
US COAST GUARD Attu visit, Alaska
ATTU ISLAND, Alaska - Chief Petty Officer Shane Melott, a crewmember of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman, holds a plaque that the crew made to commemorate their visit to Attu Island, Nov. 7, 2012. The visit was... More
Aerial view of snowy mountains - Public Domain image, National Parks G...
Aerial view of Naval Air Station, Attu Island. (HR)
Ships in the bay near Attu piers
Waterfront scene near Navy piers, Attu Island. (HR)
Sign indicating where a Japanese counterattack took place
Break Through Point sign, Attu Island. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rocky tundra of Attu - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
George Brown and Howard Rummel at Chichagof Harbor, Attu Island. (HR)
Stream and mountains - National Parks Gallery
Holtz Bay area, Attu Island. Stream crossed without a bridge. Road shown going uphill on left returns to Navy base on Massacre Bay, unknown Navy photographer. (HR)
An excavator operated by Bristol Environmental Remediation
An excavator operated by Bristol Environmental Remediation Services, LLC, digs up contaminated soil and old, rusted diesel drums June 20 during an environmental cleanup project at Attu Island. During the projec... More
This is the Russian Orthodox church at Attu Village. It ministered to ...
File print had incorrect series code of LC-USW3; corrected Aug. 2001. Image source: Department of Interior on caption card; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on file print, with number B-50399. Other title from fi... More
This is the Russian Orthodox church at Attu Village. It ministered to ...
File print had incorrect series code of LC-USW3; corrected Aug. 2001. Image source: Department of Interior on caption card; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on file print, with number B-50399. Other title from fi... More
Bellevue, Wash., native, U.S. Army Pfc. Jack Kamel
Bellevue, Wash., native, U.S. Army Pfc. Jack Kamel (standing) and U.S. Army Spc. Jason Eskridge, a native of Rolla, Mo., both stationed at Fort Richardson, Alaska, observe World War II artifacts collected throu... More
Andy Sorum, project manager with the Formerly Used
Andy Sorum, project manager with the Formerly Used Defense Sites program, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District, looks on as employees with Bristol Environmental Remediation Services, LLC, load and prepa... More
Andy Sorum, project manager with the Formerly Used
Andy Sorum, project manager with the Formerly Used Defense Sites program, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District, displays a piece of contaminated soil June 20 at Attu Island, Alaska. During an environmen... More
A propeller recovered from an aircraft found on Attu
A propeller recovered from an aircraft found on Attu Island.
Andy Sorum, project manager with the Formerly Used
Andy Sorum, project manager with the Formerly Used Defense Sites program, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District, looks out over an excavated area of land June 20 at Attu Island, Alaska. The flags represe... More
Fuel machinery located at the end of a dilapidated
Fuel machinery located at the end of a dilapidated dock on Attu Island.
John Mura, an unexploded ordinance technician for Bristol
John Mura, an unexploded ordinance technician for Bristol Environmental Remediation Services, LLC, secures a load of contaminated soil before it is taken to a staging area, where it will be shipped out by barge... More
A small unit support vehicle carries equipment to the
A small unit support vehicle carries equipment to the excavation site on Attu Island.
Bobby Beckman, an environmental scientist with Bristol
Bobby Beckman, an environmental scientist with Bristol Environmental Remediation Services, LLC, takes soil samples from an excavation site June 20 before the contaminated soil is bagged, numbered and taken to a... More
The Japanese Memorial located on Attu Island was erected
The Japanese Memorial located on Attu Island was erected in memory of all those who sacrificed their lives in the islands and seas of the North Pacific during World War II and in dedication to world peace.
A Peace Memorial sits atop Engineer Hill at Attu Island,
A Peace Memorial sits atop Engineer Hill at Attu Island, Alaska. The memorial is in honor of all those who sacrificed their lives in the islands and seas of the North Pacific during World War II.
A rusted Isaacson Trac Dozer sits in the field of Attu
A rusted Isaacson Trac Dozer sits in the field of Attu Island.
A plaque memorializing both Japanese and American Soldiers
A plaque memorializing both Japanese and American Soldiers who died during the Battle of Attu during World War II looks out toward Engineer Hill at Attu Island, Alaska.
Abandoned military equipment sits in a bay off of Attu
Abandoned military equipment sits in a bay off of Attu Island.
Several cormorants and a seagull nest on a dock in
Several cormorants and a seagull nest on a dock in Massacre Bay at Attu Island, Alaska. The remote island is now home to its only remaining inhabitants – hundreds of migratory and Asiatic bird species.
From left, Chief Warrant Officer Robert Coyle, commander,
From left, Chief Warrant Officer Robert Coyle, commander, U.S. Coast Guard Loran Station, U.S. Army Capt. Kurtis Schaaf, commander, 84th Engineering Company and Michi Konno, member of the Japanese delegation, c... More
Two Aleutian cackling geese soar through the sky near
Two Aleutian cackling geese soar through the sky near Massacre Bay at Attu Island, Alaska. The remote island is now home to its only remaining inhabitants – hundreds of migratory and Asiatic bird species.
U.S. Naval and Army identification tags found by Chief
U.S. Naval and Army identification tags found by Chief Warrant Officer Robert Coyle, commander, U.S. Coast Guard Loran Station, sit as artifacts in the station.
Fogs rolls onto Massacre Bay at Attu Island, Alaska.
Fogs rolls onto Massacre Bay at Attu Island, Alaska. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District recently wrapped up an environmental cleanup project on the island this season. During the project, the Corp... More
Soldier from Fort Richardson, Alaska load equipment
Soldier from Fort Richardson, Alaska load equipment onto a small unit support vehicle.
Attu boy wearing rainproof Kalemeinka, circa 1950
Attu boy wearing rainproof Kalemeinka, Attu Island, circa 1950
Attu Island, part of the Near Islands
Attu Island, part of the Near Islands [1]
Larus schistisagus-USFWS
Slaty-backed Gull (Larus schistisagus), Attu Island
USS Gannet (AM-41) off Attu 1932
The U.S. Navy minesweeper USS Gannet (AM-41) with the Loening OL amphibian Unalaska on its crane in Attu Harbor during the 1932 Alaskan Survey Expedition, in May 1932.
Attu peace monument
Toshino Makino examines the Peace Monument on Attu Island July 11, 2007. Makino was sent to Attu as part of a Japanese delegation to identify the location of the remains of Japanese soldiers and ensure the tit... More
Attu Island Aerial Photographs, Folder Five, Photo 4 (42790076164)
Creator(s): War Department. Eleventh Air Force. 9/18/1942-12/19/1945 Series: Aerial Photographs of Attu Island, 9/18/1942 - 9/28/1942 Production Date: 9/18/1942 - 9/28/1942 Access Restriction(s):Unrestricted U... More
Slaty-backed Gull, Attu 1985 - DPLA - f6e2483b8eb376abd23c06b5cbb24ead
Note: Some of the following information may have arrived from the agency cut off or incomplete. Alternative Title: Larus schistisagus. Creator: Attour. Description: 1985, at USCG Loran sta., Attu. Subjects: ALA... More
Baidarka, Attu, Aleutian Islands, 1800s - San Diego Museum of Man - DS...
Exhibit in the San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego, California, USA. This artwork is old enough so that it is in the public domain. Photography was permitted in the museum without restriction.
Attu island o Donnell valley
Image title: Attu island o Donnell valley Image from Public domain images website, nature-landscapes-public-domain-images-pictures/island-public-domain-images-pictures/attu-island-o-donnell-valley
Attu island casco cove upper base
Image title: Attu island casco cove upper base Image from Public domain images website, travel-public-domain-images-pictures/attu-island-casco-cove-upper-base
Gremlin movie theatre on attu island vintage photo
Image title: Gremlin movie theatre on attu island vintage photo Image from Public domain images website, vintage-photography-public-domain-images-pictures/gremlin-movie-theatre-on-attu-island-vintage-photo
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Galego: Illa de Agatu e Attu
