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Attu is the westernmost and largest island in the Near Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, making it the westernmost point of land relative to Alaska and the United States. Attu Station, the only inhabited area on the island, is actually located at 52°51' north latitude, 173°11' east longitude, technically making it one of the easternmost points of Alaska (and the United States), in the eastern hemisphere. (Looked at this way, neighboring Semisopochnoi Island is the easternmost point in North America).
It is nearly 1,700 km (1,100 miles) from the Alaskan mainland and 1,200 km (750 miles) northeast of the northernmost of the Kurile Islands of Russian Federation. Attu is about 32 km (20 miles) by 56 km (35 miles) in size. Its land area is 892.795 km (344.71 sq mi). The population as of the 2000 census was 20 persons, all at the Attu Station.
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"In early June of 1942, Japanese forces landed on the island of Attu capturing the only inhabitants: 41 native Attuans, an American schoolteacher and his wife. When American troops landed almost a year later, May 11th, 1943, they found the Japanese dug in and well positioned in the foothills and ridges that cover the Southeastern portion of the island. The American's also found that they were not completely prepared for all the trappings the weather and topography of Attu had in store for them. Trained in warm climates and outfitted with inadequat
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