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 ...

That’s how long U.S. forces fought Japan for control of Attu, a small island at the end of Alaska’s Aleutian chain. From May 11-30, 1943, the two nations battled for control of the island that ...

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 ...

It was one of the few U.S. territories, including Guam, the Philippines and the nearby island of Kiska, to be captured during the war. Japanese landed on Attu on June 7, 1942, killing the radio ...