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NH 69074 Japanese ship, Attu, Alaska

Japanese ship, Attu, Alaska
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Title: Japanese ship, Attu, Alaska
Caption: Ship that brought the Japanese delegation to Attu Island to exhume the bodies of World War II Japanese war dead. The bodies were collected, cremated and the ashes scattered to the wind, July 1953.
Description: Courtesy of William G. James, HMCM, USN (Ret), Redding, California, 1969.
Catalog #: NH 69074
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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After this Year: 1950
Before this Year: 1959
Original Medium: BW Photo
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