Pagano has long believed Japan should pay more restitution for what its soldiers did to her great-grandfather and the other residents of Attu Island. But her demand was sparked anew this summer by her ...

In May 1943, U.S. forces attacked the Japanese on Attu. By the end of the month ... ending the nearly one year occupation of the Aleutian Islands. An invasion of the continental United States ...

But Golodoff’s recent death at the age of 84 has reopened a chapter of American history and stirred up memories of a long-forgotten Japanese invasion ... remote Attu Island during World War ...

The island is part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. In August, Pagano made her first trip to Attu, on a ship operated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which manages the refuge.