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Allied response

The escort ships—the Salt Lake City, Northampton, Vincennes, Nashville, Balch, Fanning,Benham, Ellet, Gwin, Meredith, Grayson, Monssen, Cimarron and Sabine—
then proceeded in radio silence. On the afternoon of 17 April (1942) the slower oilers refueled the task force, then withdrew with the destroyers to the east
while the carriers and cruisers dashed west at 20 knots towards their intended launch point in enemy-controlled waters east of Japan.^[18]

US military propaganda poster from 1942/43

for Thirteenth Naval District, United States Navy, showing a rat representing Japan,
approaching a mousetrap labeled "Army - Navy - Civilian", on a background map of the Alaska Territory,
referred to as future "Death-Trap For The Jap".

Main articles: Action of 5 July 1942, Action of 15 July 1942, and Action of 12 May 1943

In August 1942, the U.S. Army established an air base on Adak Island and began bombing Japanese positions on Kiska.

U.S. Navy submarines and surface ships also began patrolling the area. Kiska Harbor was the main base for Japanese ships in the campaign and several were sunk there, some by warships but mostly in air raids.  On 5 July, Lieutenant Commander Howard Gilmore — commanding the submarine Growler — attacked three Japanese destroyers off Kiska. He sank one and heavily damaged the others, killing or wounding 200 Japanese sailors.

Ten days later, the Grunion was attacked by three Japanese submarine chasers in Kiska Harbor, with two of the patrol craft sunk and one other damaged. On 12 May 1943, the Japanese submarine I-31 was sunk in a surface action with the destroyer Edwards 5 mi (4.3 nmi; 8.0 km) northeast of Chichagof Harbor.

Veterans

The 2006 documentary film Red White Black & Blue features two veterans of the Attu Island campaign,

Bill Jones and Andy Petrus. It is directed by Tom Putnam and debuted at the 2006 Locarno International Film Festival
in Locarno, Switzerland on August 4, 2006.

• Dashiell Hammett spent most of World War II as an Army sergeant in the Aleutian Islands, where he edited an Army newspaper. He came out of the war suffering from emphysema. As a corporal in 1943, he co-authored The Battle of the Aleutians with Cpl. Robert Colodny under the direction of Infantry Intelligence Officer Major Henry W. Hall.

At War with the Army _ U.S.pdf  

Battle of Dutch Harbor

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Akutan Zero

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