Attu Village (site)
Russia /
Kamcatka /
Nikolskoye /
World
/ Russia
/ Kamcatka
/ Nikolskoye
, 839 km from center (Никольское)
World
Second World War 1939-1945, village, interesting place, ghost town, historic ruins
The Unangax̂ village of Attu stood at the head of Chichagof Harbor. It was a post-Russian contact winter village. From the mid-18th to mid-19th centuries, a Russian America Company settlement was also located here. Attu was destroyed during the battle and little trace remains. Archeological sites of earlier Unangax̂ settlements are also found there. The Japanese forces landed at Holtz Bay in June 1942, constructed defense positions there, and eventually established headquarters at Attu village. The native Unangax̂ population was rounded up by the Japanese and sent to Hokkaidō as prisoners of war.
www.hlswilliwaw.com/aleutians/Aleutians/images/Japanese... - this photo of Attu Village residents (Etta Jones--teacher, nurse, and spouse of Foster Jones--stands at front) was published in the 8 July 1942 edition of Shashin Shuho (Photographs Weekly Bulletin). The caption translates to: "The families of the defenders in Chichagof came out with hands up, shaking with fear, but peace soon returned to their minds because of the Imperial Army’s warm treatment towards them. First children smiled, then mothers smiled." Of the approximately 40-45 captives taken from the Attu village, only 24 survived. Foster Jones was tortured, executed, and beheaded when the Japanese first took Attu after he refused to fix the radio he had just destroyed. The others died primarily from tuberculosis and malnutrition in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan. Etta Foster survived her ordeal and returned to the United States after the war, passing away in Florida in 1965 at the age of 86.
Foster Jones's body was originally buried in the Attu Village church cemetery. After the war, Mike Lokanin and Alfred Prokopioff were able to lead US Army personnel to the gravesite. The body was exhumed and reburied in Little Falls Cemetery near Massacre Bay. Since Little Falls Cemetery was only meant to be a temporary cemetery, all bodies were exhumed in 1946. Most, including that of Foster Jones, were sent to the cemetery at Fort Richardson, Alaska and reburied.
www.adn.com/article/20140523/lone-civilian-one-alaska-w...
www.hlswilliwaw.com/aleutians/Attu/html/attu-residents-...
www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/aviation/att.htm
www.flickr.com/photos/senatorlisamurkowski/sets/7215763...
wildwomanoutdoors.hubpages.com/hub/Attuans-the-Forgotto...
www.hlswilliwaw.com/aleutians/attu-homepage.htm
vilda.alaska.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/cdmg11/id/44...
www.hlswilliwaw.com/aleutians/Aleutians/images/Japanese... - this photo of Attu Village residents (Etta Jones--teacher, nurse, and spouse of Foster Jones--stands at front) was published in the 8 July 1942 edition of Shashin Shuho (Photographs Weekly Bulletin). The caption translates to: "The families of the defenders in Chichagof came out with hands up, shaking with fear, but peace soon returned to their minds because of the Imperial Army’s warm treatment towards them. First children smiled, then mothers smiled." Of the approximately 40-45 captives taken from the Attu village, only 24 survived. Foster Jones was tortured, executed, and beheaded when the Japanese first took Attu after he refused to fix the radio he had just destroyed. The others died primarily from tuberculosis and malnutrition in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan. Etta Foster survived her ordeal and returned to the United States after the war, passing away in Florida in 1965 at the age of 86.
Foster Jones's body was originally buried in the Attu Village church cemetery. After the war, Mike Lokanin and Alfred Prokopioff were able to lead US Army personnel to the gravesite. The body was exhumed and reburied in Little Falls Cemetery near Massacre Bay. Since Little Falls Cemetery was only meant to be a temporary cemetery, all bodies were exhumed in 1946. Most, including that of Foster Jones, were sent to the cemetery at Fort Richardson, Alaska and reburied.
www.adn.com/article/20140523/lone-civilian-one-alaska-w...
www.hlswilliwaw.com/aleutians/Attu/html/attu-residents-...
www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/aviation/att.htm
www.flickr.com/photos/senatorlisamurkowski/sets/7215763...
wildwomanoutdoors.hubpages.com/hub/Attuans-the-Forgotto...
www.hlswilliwaw.com/aleutians/attu-homepage.htm
vilda.alaska.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/cdmg11/id/44...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleutian_Islands_campaign
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Coordinates: 52°55'23"N 173°14'15"E
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