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"Japanese landed on Attu on June 7, 1942, killing the radio operator. The residents were kept in their homes for 3 months, then taken to Japan"
"Of the 41 residents interned on Japan's Hokkaido Island, 22 died from malnutrition, starvation, tuberculosis or other ailments"
"After the war, surviving Attuans were not allowed to return to the island because the U.S. military said it would be too expensive to rebuild"
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