Attu

[at-too]

noun

1. the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands: Japanese occupation 1942–43.

Attu

/ ˈætuː /

noun

1. the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands, off the coast of SW Alaska: largest of the Near Islands

Example Sentences

Golodoff was the last survivor among 41 residents imprisoned in Japan after Japanese troops captured remote Attu Island during World War II. He was 3 when the island was taken.

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“The eldest generation has passed away to the other side,” said Helena Schmitz, the great-granddaughter of the last Attu chief, who died in Japan along with his son.

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Even after the surviving captives were freed at the close of the war, they were not allowed to return to Attu because the U.S. military decided it would be too expensive to rebuild the community.

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Gregory and Liz had little memory of Attu or Japan, and neither liked to talk about it, she said.

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The American effort to reclaim Attu in 1943 amid frigid rain, dense fog and hurricane-force winds became known as World War II’s “forgotten battle.”

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