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Bering Sea, and on westward. Its objective
was Attu.
Japanese forces were known to have oc-
cupied two islands in the Aleutians, Attu and
Kiska. It was decided to strike first at Attu, the
less strongly garrisoned of the twovand the
westernmost island in the chain.
.The weather in the Aleutians is notoriously
bad. It is cold, the fogs are thick and almost
continuous, and the seas are usually rough.
More unfavorable conditions for an amphib'-Q
ious operation would be difficult to find.
"Dog" Day was set tentatively for the
eighth of May, but on that day the seas were
too heavy to permit a landing. The PENNSYL-
VANIA patrolled first to the northeast of Attu
and then with the two other battleships and
a cruiser force to the west. "Dog" Day was
set definitely for II May. On the afternoon
of the IOth the battleships ioined with the
transports of the task force, and that night in
a dense fog two approach dispositions were
formed, one of the transports and fire support
ships, including the PENNSYLVANIA and
IDAHO, to operate in the Holtz Bay-Chi-
chagof Harbor area and the other of the ves-
sels to operate in the Massacre Bay area.
On the morning of II May the task group
to which the PENNSYLVANIA had been as-
signed arrived in the vicinity of Red Beach,
which had been occupied before daylight by
scout troops landed from submarines and an
UPPER LEFT: lnformal attire is the order of the day in the press shop. UPPER RlGHTg War and
peace make little difference to the barber. LOWER LEFT: Captain William A. Corn, Commanding
Officer, and Commander Thomas H. Templeton, Executive Officer, 1943. LOWER RIGHT: Coming
up in the wake is the quarterdeck dive bomber.
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