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Attu Island


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Attu Island

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Description
The most westerly of the Aleutian Islands, once a prosperous Atka Aleut settlement; occupied by Japanese in June 1942 & retaken by US in May-June 1943.
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Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)

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