SEABEE SON Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share #26 Posted October 20, 2014 A nice summary here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Attu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted October 20, 2014 Share #27 Posted October 20, 2014 Thanks. Great photo's and info. The last photos give you pause - looks like a US helmet in the pile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backtheattack Posted October 20, 2014 Share #28 Posted October 20, 2014 Interesting informations about the battle. Didn`t notice it. Thank you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCapturephotos Posted October 20, 2014 Share #29 Posted October 20, 2014 A very interesting and forgotten part of the war to be sure. My students are always surprised when I tell them there was fighting off of Alaska during WW2. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BROBS Posted October 20, 2014 Share #30 Posted October 20, 2014 great helmets!! I have a WIA purple heart group to an Artillery Spotter shot through the collarbone during the final Bonzai charge on Attu. -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottodog8 Posted October 21, 2014 Share #31 Posted October 21, 2014 I knew a vet who fought on Attu. He was a mule skinner in the 601st Field Artillery Battalion (Pack). He told some interesting stories about Attu - how a Japanese soldier would come out of a cave, arm a grenade by hitting on his helmet and hold it next to his head. The watching GI's would cheer and applaud. A few minutes later another would come out and do the same thing. This went on for a while. After Attu the Battalion was sent to Italy to fight in the mountains, then through Southern France and ended up in the Bavarian Alps. The vet passed in the early 1970s. I still have the Hitler Youth armband and his unit's DUI he gave me. The only vet I met who fought on the ground against both the Japanese and Germans. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEABEE SON Posted October 21, 2014 Author Share #32 Posted October 21, 2014 I also have a white snow camo that might have come from the Aleutian campaign. It is a vet bring back, but could be from Korea, China, the Kuriles or Hokkaido, if not Alaska. I understand that another snow camo was brought back from Kiska or Attu, however. The fighting at higher elevations on Attu was in the snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notinfringed Posted October 24, 2014 Share #33 Posted October 24, 2014 Those are some great helmets. I have a few Japanese items that came off the islands. It is funny how here in Alaska you always hear about "that one guy", or someone's uncles, brother's, second cousin, who has a whole garage full of "that stuff" that they picked up off the island. Some day mabey I will find them. Supposedly, there were tons of Japanese gear in Alaska, even in the pipeline days. Out of curiosity, what part of Alaska are you in? I am in Fairbanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOLO Posted October 24, 2014 Share #34 Posted October 24, 2014 I knew a vet who fought on Attu. He was a mule skinner in the 601st Field Artillery Battalion (Pack). He told some interesting stories about Attu - how a Japanese soldier would come out of a cave, arm a grenade by hitting on his helmet and hold it next to his head. The watching GI's would cheer and applaud. A few minutes later another would come out and do the same thing. This went on for a while. After Attu the Battalion was sent to Italy to fight in the mountains, then through Southern France and ended up in the Bavarian Alps. The vet passed in the early 1970s. I still have the Hitler Youth armband and his unit's DUI he gave me. The only vet I met who fought on the ground against both the Japanese and Germans. Steve that could explain the battle damage on the second helmet? maybe it was from a Japanese soldier that held a grenade next to his head? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikemilitaria Posted November 26, 2014 Share #35 Posted November 26, 2014 I have a deceased relative that was on Attu and fought there in 43. Lots of folks are still not aware that any fighting at all took place there during WWII. If you do some research, it's interesting how few people were on Attu prior to the war. dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gitana Posted November 26, 2014 Share #36 Posted November 26, 2014 Those are really nice helmets, added to their unusual provenance. I would really like to get a good example Japanese helmet for my own collection one day. Thanks for sharing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katieony Posted November 26, 2014 Share #37 Posted November 26, 2014 A very rare relic...thanks for posting! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Posted January 3, 2015 Share #38 Posted January 3, 2015 Very cool finds! I had a family member that participated in the "Forgotten Campaign" and brought back a type 99 arisaka and bayonet. He told me his time on Attu was some of the worst in the war. I will try to get picture up soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucky52 Posted January 13, 2015 Share #39 Posted January 13, 2015 If you can find it,read "the Thousand Mile War". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
268th C.A. Posted January 15, 2015 Share #40 Posted January 15, 2015 I love the poster of the Japanese/Rat That's good. Never seen that one. Thanks for sharing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted January 15, 2015 Share #41 Posted January 15, 2015 yes read thousand mile war. great book on the whole campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodys Collection Posted August 12, 2015 Share #42 Posted August 12, 2015 Very cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor M. Larson Posted September 1, 2015 Share #43 Posted September 1, 2015 Both my great grandfather Karl Krueger (7th infantry) and my grand father Ed Larson (A company 1st battalion 4th infantry) served up in attu and kiska. I have a kiska invasion map and a few japanese caps, photos, ID Cards from the campaign. I even have a journal of one of them. Love seeing or reading anything on the alaska campaign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEABEE SON Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share #44 Posted September 1, 2015 That's great, Trevor! It would be interesting to see those items. I've gotten in a nice grouping from an Aleutian campaign vet and will try to post up soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor M. Larson Posted September 1, 2015 Share #45 Posted September 1, 2015 I'll start with the kiska invasion map. Only one I've ever seen (anybody has attu lets see that too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor M. Larson Posted September 1, 2015 Share #46 Posted September 1, 2015 I'll start with the kiska invasion map. Only one I've ever seen (anybody has attu lets see that too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Queen Posted September 2, 2015 Share #47 Posted September 2, 2015 Neat helmet. Named to HIGUCHI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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