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    Sep 03, 2019 2 minutes

    Aleutian Campaign

    [Re. “Aleutian Battleground,” by Jon Guttman, January 2019:] May I call your attention to The Storm on Our Shores, by Mark Obmascik, a 2019 book that goes into great detail about the Attu campaign from the viewpoint of two participants who collided there?

    It is the story of a Japanese college student and physician who was drafted into the Imperial Army

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