Americans seize Japanese landing boat on Attu

Photograph of United States Army soldiers bringing a captured Japanese landing barge ashore on Attu Island, Alaska, May 1943.

Typed caption glued to verso: "Americans seize Japanese landing boat on Attu. The American flag flies from the stern of a captured Japanese landing barge, being brought ashore by U.S. soldiers during landing operations at Massacre Bay on Attu Island in the Aleutians. The Americans carried out twin landings on opposite sides of the island, then moved inland to trap Japanese forces. 12091-N. Not for use in Western Hemisphere. Approved by appropriate U.S. authority."