Publications

 

Attu Boy, by Nick Golodoff.

Attu Boy

In 2012, the National Park Service published the wartime experiences of Nick Golodoff, a six-year-old Attuan boy when taken prisoner by the Japanese in WWII. Golodoff's Attu Boy tells, through a child's eyes, the story of that extraordinary and tragic experience. Links to pdf versions of the chapters. Download the entire book as a pdf.

• Title, Contents, Preface
• Introduction - Telling the Story of Attu
• Chapter 1 - A Young Boy's Experience During World War II
• Chapter 2 - Attu Before the War
• Chapter 3 - Pre-War Fears and Clues About Japanese Invasion
• Chapter 4 - The Japanese Invasion - June 7, 1942
• Chapter 5 - Life as a Japanese POW
• Chapter 6 - Return and Resettlement
• Chapter 7 - Nick's Connection to Japan
• Chapter 8 - Reflections on Life in Atka
• Background - Attu Prehistory and History
• Conclusions, Bibliography

 

World War II Aleut Relocation and Resettlement

 

Cover of "World War II Aleut Relocation Camps in Southeast Alaska," by Charles Mobley.

World War II Aleut Relocation Camps in Southeast Alaska

Read Charles Mobley's extensive archaeological investigations of the relocation camps the displaced Aleutian natives called home during the war. For a PDF or print version including a bibliography, please contact us. Links to online article versions.

• Chapter 1 - Introduction
• Chapter 2 - Funter Bay Cannery
• Chapter 3 - Funter Bay Mine
• Chapter 4 - Killisnoo Herring Plant
• Chapter 5 - Wrangell Institute
• Chapter 6 - Burnett Inlet Cannery
• Chapter 7 - Ward Lake CCC Camp
• Chapter 8 - National Historic Landmark Evaluation
• Afteward

 

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  Aleutian Voices: Forced to Leave

  The [Unangax] were...the first and only people in Alaska to be assaulted by our own government and an enemy foreign power in WWII. (pdf)

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  Lost Villages of the Eastern Aleutians

  Perhaps the most profound impacts of World War II were on three small traditional Unangax̂ villages: Biorka, Kashega, and Makushin. (pdf)

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  Attu: The Forgotten Battle

  History of the island of Attu with a focus on World War II era efforts, a play by play of the battle of Attu, and post-war history. (pdf)

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  Aleutian Voices: S.S. Northwestern

  Sailing Sheltered Seas: illustrated history based on the writings of Michael Burwell with supplemental material by Francis Broderick. (pdf)

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  Williwaw Newsletter Series

  All the issues of the Williwaw Newsletter in one place!