The freezing cold, the impenetrable fog, and impossibly strong winds made Attu, one of several islands in the westernmost ...

Pagano has long believed Japan should pay more restitution for what its soldiers did to her great-grandfather and the other residents of Attu Island. But her demand was sparked anew this summer by her ...

The Japanese invaded this Alaskan island during WWII and sent the residents to Japan. Half died there; none ever returned home. June 7, 1942, was a Sunday, and 6-year-old Nick Golodoff, like most ...

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. He died Nov. 17 in ...

That’s how long U.S. forces fought Japan for control of Attu, a small island at the end of Alaska’s Aleutian chain. From May 11-30, 1943, the two nations battled for control of the island that ...

It stated that “the spirit of the Imperial Japanese Army was fully demonstrated on Attu Island” and that “Cmdr. Yamazaki and all other officers resorted to a courageous night raid for ...

The island is part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. In August, Pagano made her first trip to Attu, on a ship operated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which manages the refuge.