US Naval Base Dutch Harbor

 

The burning ship at the US Naval Base Dutch Harbor after the Japanese bombing.

On June 3–5, 1942, Japanese carrier-based aviation attacked the Aleutian military facilities of the Americans, thus attempting to divert them from the Midway Atoll, for which the main attack was planned.



Location: Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands, USA
Photo date: June 04, 1942

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