It was site of the only land battle fought on U.S. soil during World War II. And in proportional terms, it was one of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Aug. 1943 file photo, a bugler sounds taps during a memorial service while a group of G.I.s visit the graves of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 13—Dominic Bush studies WWII battle at Attu Island Dominic Bush slid on blue surgical gloves and pulled out a black-and-white ...

In this May 26, 1943, file photo released by the U.S. Navy, American soldiers and equipment land on the black volcanic beach during World War II at Massacre Bay on Attu Island, part of the Aleutian ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — William Roy Dover’s memory of the World War II battle is as sharp as it was 75 years ago, even though it’s been long forgotten by most everyone else. His first sergeant rousted him ...

Dominic Bush slid on blue surgical gloves and pulled out a black-and-white photo negative from a beige envelope at the Anchorage Museum archives room. One by one, he held up the images, inspecting ...

Marine archaeologists have documented two World War II-era shipwrecks off Alaska’s Attu Island — Japan’s Kotohira Maru and the U.S. SS Dellwood — using sonar, underwater drones, and archival records.

The site of the only ground campaign waged in North America during World War II, the remote Alaskan island of Attu is the western most point of the United States. Its barren landscape is challenging.

MASSACRE BAY, Attu Island – EDITOR'S NOTE: The following story was written by war correspondent William L. Worden, on his arrival as an eyewitness to the Battle of Attu in Alaska 75 years ago . It was ...

Seven decades have passed since U.S. soldiers recaptured Attu Island from Japanese forces in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. Once they recovered the most remote island in the Aleutian ...

Descendants of Alaska’s westernmost island want permanent access to their ancestral home. The Native people of Attu have been separated from their homeland since World War II. In the 1700s, the ...