SESH.sxHold Close Open Air II @ TBA - 15 Mar feat. Land Systems, Arsonist, Attu + more
Ashley Griffin
Minoru Saba"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"
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241210/p2g/00m/0na/035000c
#Attu #WW2 #Japan #ForgottenBattle
"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"
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241210/p2g/00m/0na/035000c
#Attu #WW2 #Japan #ForgottenBattle
Alaska Native NewsThis Day in Alaskan History-June 7th, 1942
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Japanese officers in Aleutians; Wikimedia Commons
On June 7th, 1942, exactly six month after Japan's infamous attack on Pearl Harbor that resulted in its war with the U.S., The Japanese struck again in American Territory and landed and captured Attu Island on the Aleutian Chain. They had taken...
https://alaska-native-news.com/this-day-in-alaskan-history-june-7th-1942/68266/
#japanese #invasion #attu #charles #etta #jones #unangax
This Day in Alaskan History-June 7th, 1942 - Alaska Native News
On June 7th, 1942, exactly six months after Japan’s infamous attack on Pearl Harbor that resulted in its war with the U.S., The Japanese struck again in American Territory. They landed and captured Attu Island on the Aleutian Chain. They had taken Kiska the day before. Unopposed, 1,140 stormed the shores of the island and […]
This Day in Alaska History-June 7th, 1942
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https://alaska-native-news.com/june-7th-1942/42708/
#2 #Alaska #attu #cature #history #II #invasion #world war
David ReamerCirca 1926 Unangan (Aleut) woman on Attu Island splitting rye grass for weaving baskets (via UAF) and an example of a grass basket, a chivtux^ in Unangam Tunuu. The basket is also from Attu and roughly the same time period (via Smithsonian). #alaskahistory #alaska #attu
