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During World War II, the remote Aleutian Islands, home to the Unangax̂ (Aleut) people for over 8,000 years, became a fiercely contested battleground in the Pacific. This thousand-mile-long archipelago saw invasion by Japanese forces, the occupation of two islands, a mass relocation of Unangax̂ civilians, a 15-month air war, and one of the deadliest battles in the Pacific Theater.
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