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3 shipwrecks from ‘forgotten battle’ of World War II discovered off remote Alaskan island

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3 shipwrecks from ‘forgotten battle’ of World War II discovered off remote Alaskan island

Underwater archaeologists have located the wrecks of three military ships involved in Japan’s invasion of Alaska’s remote Aleutian Islands in World War II — an almost-overlooked conflict sometimes called the “forgotten battle” by historians.

The wrecks of the vessels — two Japanese freighters and the American cable ship SS Dellwood, which laid undersea cables during the war — were discovered last month during an expedition to Attu Island, at the westernmost tip of the Aleutians.

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