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From blood-soaked Attu in the western Aleutians to brisk, modern Anchorage on the Alaskan mainland is about 1,500 miles in space but a universe in atmosphere...
They landed on Adak four days before the infantry. They were on Amchitka long before the main body of troops. On Attu they guided soldiers fresh from the States over trackless, snow-covered mountains. Late in June they led reconnaissance troops on Aggatu to make certain that no Jap was still there. And when the Army goes after Kiska, the Alaska Scouts will surely again be in the vanguard...
...Battle of Attu, Alaska Scouts met Japs for the first time: one was killed, another wounded. But on most missions they operate separately from the Army. One result is that they do not care much about being around people. A Scout went in to see Major General Eugene M. Landrum after a long absence alone in the mountains. The General wondered if the Scout wanted a rest. "No, sir," he said, "I'll get some rations and head back to the mountains this afternoon...
...will be just dandy if the Japs persist in their battle technique demonstrated at Attu Island (TIME, July 5), viz. killing themselves rather than surrendering...
...another example, day after day Bob Sherrod sent us fine dispatches from Attu, all of them important because they gave our editors such a clear understanding of how and why the Americans won. From all those reports we quoted only two columns directly in TIME-but all of them were fascinating newscast material...