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The setting. Terrain ; Weather -- The islands and its history. Russian Period ; American purchase ; Attu Village, the last vestiges of the Aleuts in the Western Aleutians ; Strategic interest -- War comes to the Aleutians. The Midway-Aleutian Plan ; Occupied by the enemy ; Forced to leave, the Aleut ordeal ; Advance down the Aleutians ; Captives in Japan ; The Japanese reoccupation of Attu -- Decision to retake Attu. Planning ; Commitment ; The Japanese prepare -- Day of battle. May 11, Landings ; May 12-13, Stalemate in Massacre Valley, Success in Holtz Bay ; May 14, Failure in Jarmin Pass ; May 15, Relief of General Brown ; May 16-17, Holtz Bay taken, Jarmin Pass secured ; May 18, Transition to mountain warfare ; May 19-20, Clevesy Pass secured ; May 21-22, Sarana Nose and Prendergast Ridge captured ; May 23-25, Attack to take Holtz Bay-Chichagof Harbor Pass on Fish Hook Ridge ; May 26, Joe Martinez, Medal of Honor ; May 27-28, Buffalo Ridge taken ; May 29, Engineer Hill -- Aftermath. The costs ; Burying the dead ; The impact on Japan ; U.S. media coverage ; Lessons learned ; Lessons from Tarawa, a comparison -- Mission to the Kurils. Bridge to victory ; Attu as a major base -- Cold War and remembrance. Abandonment of the island ; You can't go home again, Repatriation of the Attu Aleuts ; Repatriation of remains ; Cold War ; The environmental legacy ; Designation as a historic landmark and valor in the Pacific Site Memorials ; Memorials -- Appendices. Geographical names, Battle of Attu ; Abbreviated census, Attu Village, 1940 ; Order of battle, Battle of Attu, American forces ; Order of battle, Battle of Attu, Japanese forces / by Ephriam D. Dickson III ; Order of battle, Battle of Attu, Japanese forces / by John Cloe ; Japanese weapons captured on Attu ; Memorials.