Attu
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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They first went to Kiska, another Alaska island; one Attu resident died on the way.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2023
One day in late July, as he was flying across the Pacific to the United States, he was forced to stop on Attu, an uninhabited island at Alaska’s westernmost edge, to wait out strong headwinds.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
Kiska and the Aleutian island of Attu were occupied by as many as 7,200 Japanese troops from June 1942 to mid-August 1943.
From Fox News ● Jul. 31, 2019
And Kiska and nearby Attu Island are the only U.S. territories to be occupied by foreign forces in the last 200 years, the agency said.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2018
After learning that the USA had attacked the Japanese base on nearby Attu Island, Japan ordered its soldiers—which now numbered 5,400—off Kiska.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2014
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