A new U.S. military manual defines the survival and tactical needs of fighting a war in the Arctic and extreme cold weather ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...