Major General Albert Eger Brown was a decorated officer in the United States Army. A graduate of West Point, he was a veteran of Pancho Villa Expedition and both World Wars and is most noted for his s
Major General Brown at the invasion of Attu, Alaska, May 1943
The Battle of Attu, which took place on 11–30 May 1943, was fought between forces of the United States, aided by Canadian reconnaissance and fighter-bomber support, and Japan on Attu Island off the co
U.S. soldiers fire mortar shells over a ridge onto a Japanese position on 4 June 1943
Imperial Japanese Army Colonel Yasuyo Yamasaki led Japanese forces during the Battle of Attu in May 1943. He died leading a banzai charge during the final attack.
Attu village at Chichagof Harbor in 1937. It was occupied by the Japanese in 1942/43.
A U.S. Navy reconnaissance photo of four Japanese Mitsubishi A6M-2N Rufe seaplane fighters at Holtz Bay, Attu on 7 November 1942.