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Dutch Harbor is a harbor on Amaknak Island in Unalaska, Alaska. It was the location of the Battle of Dutch Harbor in June 1942 when the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked it just seven months after the a
Natural-color image of Dutch Harbor
A Japanese Zero that crashed at Dutch Harbor, being recovered
Dutch Harbor attacked in WW2 - June 1942
Buildings burning after the first Japanese attack, 3 June 1942.
The Dutch Harbor Naval Operating Base and Fort Mears were the two military installations built next to each other in Dutch Harbor, on Amaknak Island of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, by the United St
Dutch Harbor
…prospectors looking to get rich from the Alaska Gold Rush. World War II brought the U.S. Army and Navy, and their supplies, to Dutch Harbor at the Dutch Harbor Naval Operating Base and Fort Mears, U.S. Army. The first army troops arrived in June 1941 and the navy air base was finished in September 1941. During the war, Dutch Harbor was also used to house…
Japanese attack on Dutch Harbor, June 3, 1942. Group of Marines on the alert between attacks
What remains of the Naval Base and Fort Mears