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LC-Lot-803-31: Battle of Attu, May 11-29, 1943

LC-Lot-803-31: Aleutian Islands Campaign, June 1942 - August 1943. Allied Landing on Attu Island, May 11 1943. Against the Crosses Row on Row – Marching past the white crosses of an Attu cemetery on the bleak Aleutian Island, soldiers prepare to fire a volley shot in honor of their fallen comrades – in memoriam. In the background, the rolling fog presses downward, emphasizing the solemnity of the occasion. U.S. Navy photograph, released September 7, 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. Against the Crosses Row on Row – Marching past the white crosses of an Attu cemetery on the bleak Aleutian Island, soldiers prepare to fire a volley shot in honor of their fallen comrades – in memoriam. In the background, the rolling fog presses downward, emphasizing the solemnity of the occasion. U.S. Navy photograph, released September 7, 1943. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2015/11/06).
Accession #: LC-Lot-803-31
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