Little Falls Cemetery on Attu, Aleutian Islands on July 1943

Gift of George Gottschalk, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
Description: 

Little Falls Cemetery graveyard and American flag near mountain. Attu, Aleutian Islands/Alaska. Circa July 1943

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Donor: 
Mr. George Gottschalk
Accession Number: 
2011.075.174
Date: 
Location: 
Hometown: 
Branch: 
US Army
Theater of Service: 
Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)
Unit: 
7th Infantry Division
32nd Infantry Regiment
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Topical Subjects: 
Cemeteries--American--Aleutian Islands
Mountains--Alaska
Collection Level: 
Collection of photographs from the service of Brigadier General LeRoy J. Stewart, 7th Infantry Division, Commander of the 76th Field Artillery Battalion, and Chief of Staff who participated in the Aleutian Islands Campaign and Kwajalein invasion. Stewart was on the US Equestrian Team and participated in the 1932 Olympics. Graduated from the Citadel and West Point. Assumed command of the Field Artillery Battalion in the Aleutians. He later served as Commanding General and Artillery Officer on Kwajelein, Phillipines and Okinawa. He retired in 1951. Deceased January 1983.
Geography: 
Aleutian Islands
Latitude: 
56.383
Longitude: 
-131.317
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Cemeteries--American--Aleutian Islands
Mountains--Alaska