ON DEFENSIVE
IN POSITIONS ON HIGH GROUND JAPANESE IN ATTU ISLAND. BOMBERS BACKING UP AMERICAN LAND FORCES. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON. May 21. The Japanese defenders of Attn, in the Aleutians, have dug themselves in on high ground east of Attu village., . United States bombers backed up the ground forces by attacking this area on Wednesday. Describing the Japanese on Attu as “remnants,” an agency message from Washington says they are trapped in an area 15 miles square, and are preparing to make a last stand. According to the Vichy radio, quoted in a later message, the Japanese have begun to evacuate Attu.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 May 1943, Page 3
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