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| | The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The War in the Aleutians - Feb 17th, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | Attu, the westernmost American island, is nearly 1,100 miles from the Alaskan mainland and 750 miles northeast of the northernmost of the Japanese Kurile Islands. |
 | | Attu is about 20 by 35 miles, and has some fairly high mountainous terrain beginning just a short distance from its shore line, rising abruptly to altitudes of 3000 feet, and stretching through to the interior of the island. |
 | | Attu weather is typified by cold, damp fog, often accompanied by snow or icy rain. |
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