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LC-Lot-803-33: Battle of Attu, May 11-29, 1943

LC-Lot-803-33: Aleutian Islands Campaign, June 1942 - August 1943. Allied Landing on Attu Island, May 11 1943. This One Won’t Point At U.S. Planes Again. Americans examine a Japanese anti-aircraft gun on a hill at head of west arm of Holtz Bay. This was one of the strong Japanese positions from which Americans drove their troops. Barrel of gun is on ground, left foreground, May 19, 1943. U.S. Navy photograph, released May 29, 1943. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2015/11/06).
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Caption: Aleutian Islands Campaign, June 1942 - August 1943. Allied Landing on Attu Island, May 11 1943. This One Won’t Point At U.S. Planes Again. Americans examine a Japanese anti-aircraft gun on a hill at head of west arm of Holtz Bay. This was one of the strong Japanese positions from which Americans drove their troops. Barrel of gun is on ground, left foreground, May 19, 1943. U.S. Navy photograph, released May 29, 1943. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2015/11/06).
Accession #: LC-Lot-803-33
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