Aleutian Islands
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The Aleutian Islands, also called the Aleut Islands, or Aleutic Islands, are a chain of 14 main, larger volcanic islands and 55 smaller ones.
Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands
Image of the islands taken by the STS-56 crew. Amlia Island is visible in the upper left of the photo, while the eastern half of Atka Island is shown at the right. North is to the bottom left in this photo.
These cloud formations were seen over the western Aleutian Islands.
ASTER image of the islands
Aleutian Islands campaign
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The Aleutian Islands campaign was a military campaign fought between 3 June 1942 and 15 August 1943 on and around the Aleutian Islands, part of the US Territory of Alaska, in the American Theater of W
Aleutian Islands
…The islands are considered to be among the most geographically isolated areas of the Northern Pacific. Battles and skirmishes took place during the Aleutian Islands campaign of World War II. The Japanese landing and occupations of Kiska and Attu, in June 1942, were one of only two invasions of the United States in North…
American troops hauling supplies through Jarmin Pass on Attu in May 1943. Their vehicles could not move across the island's rugged terrain.
Japanese troops raise the Imperial battle flag on Kiska Island in the Aleutians on June 6, 1942.
The Navy radio station at Dutch Harbor burning after the Japanese attack, June 4, 1942
Killisnoo Reduction works (1915)