14-137 Garand Picture of the Day

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A Canadian member of the joint American-Canadian landing force squints down the sights of a Japanese machine gun found in a trench on Kiska Island, Alaska, on August 16, 1943. After the brutal fighting in the battle to retake Attu Island, U.S. and Canadian forces were prepared for even more of a fight on Kiska. Unknown to the Allies though, the Japanese had evacuated all their troops two weeks earlier. Although the invasion was unopposed, 32 soldiers were killed in friendly-fire incidents, four more by booby traps, and a further 191 were listed as Missing in Action

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[browningautorifle]

191 were listed as Missing in Action

If unopposed, I wonder what exactly happened to the "Missing"?

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

If unopposed, I wonder what exactly happened to the "Missing"?

I was wondering the same.

Landing craft..........................................

Lost at sea?

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Landing craft..........................................

[browningautorifle]

That actually is what I was thinking. If one went down with all that gear on, the "life belts" weren't much help I think.

[Paul S.]

Hypothermia from the cold water would get you even if you did manage to dump your kit before you went in.

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USS Pruitt (DM-22) leads landing craft from USS Heywood (APA-6) toward their landing beaches in Massacre Bay, Attu, on the first day of the invasion, 11 May 1943.