Dale Wilson, PhD, USA (Ret) (@drdale)

ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) Brig. Gen. Archibald Arnold issues orders for the defense of Engineer Hill during the banzai attack on Attu on 29 May 1943. (2) A chow line on Attu in late May 1943. (3) 11th AF B-17Es and B-24Ds attack Dutch Harbor on Kiska from just 700 feet during the Japanese withdrawal from the island in May 1943. (4) GIs go ashore unopposed on Kiska in the Aleutians after Attu was retaken in early June 1943. (5) Burying the dead at Dutch Harbor in June 1943. (6) 11th FS, 43d FG P-40Es over Kiska in the Aleutians in early June 1943. (7) Ground crews work on 11th FS, 343d FG P-40Es on Kiska in July 1943. (8) 343d FG P-40Es release their drop tanks and dive to attack Japanese Nells and Zeroes headed for Dutch Harbor on Kiska in July 1943. https://www.taraross.com/post/tdih-battle-attu?utm_campaign=612ea57f-6331-4363-80e5-07a611802751&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=99eaefe9-5684-44ae-8e95-7d81ac4380c9