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80-G-50817: Battle of Attu, May 11- 29, 1943

80-G-50817: Aleutian Islands Campaign, June 1942 - August 1943. Battle for Attu, May 1943. Life jackets and belts piled on a beach. Solders on landing at Attu, Aleutian Islands, piled up their life jackets and life belts which were later inflated and used as mattresses, May 12, 1943. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/05/10).
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Caption: Aleutian Islands Campaign, June 1942 - August 1943. Battle for Attu, May 1943. Life jackets and belts piled on a beach. Solders on landing at Attu, Aleutian Islands, piled up their life jackets and life belts which were later inflated and used as mattresses, May 12, 1943. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/05/10).
Accession #: 80-G-50817
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