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Originally Posted by Francis Morin
I'm surprised some enterprising salvage crew hasn't hit that island for the scrap metal value of those Jap AA gun batteries- harsh terrain though, I am sure!!
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Can't. First off the Island is entirely Government property, then, it's a consecrated battle field burial ground, then the minor detail of being about 2000 miles west of Anchorage. Occasionally, global sailors call on Shemya, next closest inhabited island, but that's only a few months a year.
This is Agattu, Just south of Attu and Shemya. I can't seem to find a picture of Attu, but you get the idea. It's the last island in the Aleutian Chain.
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