POST-WWII ATTU SCRAPBOOKS
| After the "hot" war ended
in 1945 the large encampment of allied military and
other support personnel began to evacuate the island
of Attu, leaving only a small contingency of troops
behind to guard what had been paid a very high price
in terms of human misery and death by both the
Japanese and American soldiers. The "cold"
war soon emerged, finding a new role for the
Aleutian Islands in terms of guarding our
northwestern-most borders and keeping an eye on newly emerging enemies. The U. S. Coast Guard continues manning the Attu LORAN Station with a small contingency of about 20 members providing NAVAIDS in the region for vessels having LORAN capabilities. With the advent of GPS satellite navigation technologies there were threats to close Attu Station in the year 2000 as a cost-saving measure. However, a reprieve has kept the station open...to this day. We started our post-WWII Attu Scrapbook collection with pictures submitted by Russ Marvin, and have added several more since then. Please visit these pages, and check out their wonderful photos! Of unique interest are the photos of K. Lohse, a Danish airline pilot who at one time flew over a segment of the Aleutian islands including Attu, who took pictures of the baron land and shared them with us. |