IA 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. J. RES. 95 
Recognizing the 66th anniversary of the Battle of Attu and the end of 
Imperial Japanese control of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska during 
World War II and urging the Secretary of the Interior to work to 
protect the historic sites associated with the battle and the Aleutian 
World War II National Historic Area, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2006 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following joint resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Resources 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the 66th anniversary of the Battle of Attu and 
the end of Imperial Japanese control of the Aleutian 
Islands of Alaska during World War II and urging the 
Secretary of the Interior to work to protect the historic 
sites associated with the battle and the Aleutian World 
War II National Historic Area, and for other purposes. 
Whereas on December 7, 1941, Imperial Japan bombed the 
United States Navy fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and 
Army Air Corps installations elsewhere on the island of 
Oahu, resulting in the United States entrance into World 
War II; 
Whereas on June 3, 1942, almost six months after the attack 
on Pearl Harbor, Japanese aircraft attacked United 
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States Army and Navy installations at Dutch Harbor in 
the Aleutian Island Chain of Alaska; 
Whereas two days of aerial bombardment left over 100 mem-
bers of the Armed Forces and civilians dead or wounded 
and destroyed barracks, fuel tanks, and other structures; 
Whereas Japanese forces subsequently occupied the Aleutian 
islands of Kiska and Attu, and, while the Japanese forces 
entrenched on Attu, the remaining Aleut population on 
the island was transported to Japan for internment; 
Whereas on May 11, 1943, two landing forces consisting of 
units of the United States Army, numbering approxi-
mately 12,500 men in total, landed on the north and 
south ends of Attu Island to begin a pincer movement to-
wards the Japanese strongholds at Holtz Bay and 
Chichagof Harbor; 
Whereas, after eight days of heavy fighting, the South Land-
ing Force finally climbed its way out of its landing site 
in Massacre Bay; 
Whereas the North Landing Force, amongst their numbers 
the Alaska Scouts, forced the Japanese from Holtz Bay, 
then continued towards Jarmin Pass; 
Whereas the Japanese troops that remained on the island 
had retreated to the wild heights of Fish Hook Ridge 
above Chichagof Valley, where they hoped to be rein-
forced; 
Whereas on May 23, 1943, sixteen Japanese Betty bombers 
were met by United States P–38 Lightnings over Attu 
and five of the Japanese bombers were shot down; 
Whereas air strikes and United States ground force assaults 
up the precipitous Fish Hook Ridge further diminished 
Japanese forces; 
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Whereas on May 29, 1943, approximately 750 Imperial Japa-
nese troops broke through American lines in a desperate 
attempt to reach Massacre Bay and needed stockpiles of 
United States supplies; 
Whereas the Imperial Japanese forces were finally halted at 
Engineer Hill, as a hastily organized United States de-
fense repelled wave after wave of infantry attacks; 
Whereas, of the approximately 2,300 Japanese troops who 
had occupied the island, fewer than thirty soldiers of the 
garrison survived; 
Whereas 549 United States servicemen lost their lives in the 
battle; 
Whereas section 513 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands 
Management Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333; 16 
U.S.C. 461 note) designated the Aleutian World War II 
National Historic Area to interpret, educate, and inspire 
present and future generations about ‘‘the history of the 
Aleut people, and the role of the Aleut people and the 
Aleutian Islands in the defense of the United States in 
World War II’’; 
Whereas 2006 is the 10th anniversary of the designation of 
the Aleutian World War II National Historic Area; 
Whereas designation as a national historic area attests not 
only to the historical significance of the site, but also to 
the integrity of the site; 
Whereas the Aleutian World War II National Historic Area 
contains considerable physical evidence of the over 
100,000 Canadian and American troops who served in 
the Aleutian Islands in World War II; 
Whereas the Aleutian World War II National Historic Area 
follows the historic footprint of the United States Army 
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Fort Schwatka located at Ulakta Head on Mount Bally-
hoo; 
Whereas the fort is one of four coastal defense posts built in 
1942 and 1943 to protect the Dutch Harbor Naval Oper-
ating Base; 
Whereas, although many of the bunkers and wooden struc-
tures of Fort Schwatka have collapsed, the gun mounts 
and lookouts at the fort are among the most intact in the 
country; 
Whereas the park and its facilities on Amaknak Island in Un-
alaska, Alaska, are owned and managed by the 
Ounalashka Corporation, the village corporation for Un-
alaska; and 
Whereas thanks to the sacrifices of members of the United 
States Armed Forces who participated in the battles of 
the Aleutian Islands, Alaska is a free and democratic 
State of the United States: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That Congress— 
(1) recognizes the bravery and courage of the 
members of the United States Armed Forces who 
participated in the Battle of Attu and of all veterans 
who fought in the Pacific Theater during World War 
II; and 
(2) urges the Secretary of the Interior— 
(A) to recognize the 66th anniversary of 
the Battle of Attu and the end of Imperial Jap-
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anese control of the Alaskan Aleutian islands 
during World War II; 
(B) to work to protect the historic sites as-
sociated with the battle and the Aleutian World 
War II National Historic Area; and 
(C) to establish commemorative programs 
honoring the Americans who fought or served 
at these historic sites. 
Æ 
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