29 May 2021 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

Landing boats pouring soldiers and their equipment onto the beach at Massacre Bay, Attu Island, Alaska. This is the southern landing force on May 11, 1943. The American and Canadian troops took control of Attu within two weeks, after fierce fighting with the Japanese occupying forces. Of the allied troops, 549 were killed and 1,148 wounded -- of the Japanese troops, only 29 men survived. U.S. burial teams counted 2,351 Japanese dead, and presumed hundreds more were unaccounted for.

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[Flying10uk]

WW2 got much closer to the US homeland than many people care to remember.

[Bob Womack]

Yeah, like their firebomb raids on the northwest forests. After the war the Japanese officers said the only thing they misjudged with the firebombing campaign was the vastness of our country.

Bob

[Bill Hollinger]

Yeah, like their firebomb raids on the northwest forests. After the war the Japanese officers said the only thing they misjudged with the firebombing campaign was the vastness of our country.

Bob

The wife and I recently went to the Mitchell Monument just 20 miles east of us. It's pretty secluded but took the lives of five kids and their mother.

Fremont-Winema National Forest - Mitchell Monument Historic Site


When we lived in Brookings, Mt. Emily was another spot we'd visit.

MT. EMILY BOMBSITE | Brookings-Harbor Oregon

[browningautorifle]

When we lived in Brookings, Mt. Emily was another spot we'd visit.

The pilot's sword is still in the Chetco Community Library on Alder Street, very very nice sword. You can visit the pics.

[Bill Hollinger]

The pilot's sword is still in the Chetco Community Library on Alder Street, very very nice sword. You can visit the pics.

Yes it is. Years ago the pilot visited the museum and the site. Nice to see people are aware of this little remembered event in our history. Have you been there? I lived two blocks from the library on Wharf Street.

[matthanne1]

Had to look up the story, but it was worth it. Thanks for this!