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1 videodisc (approximately 86 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
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Introduction -- Reunion -- Japan invades Attu -- Arrival on Attu -- Unpacking -- "Where are you?" -- Engineer Hill -- Weather and snipers -- Top of the hogback -- Stuck in the mud -- Andy's uniform -- Buffalo Ridge -- Doctor Tatsaguchi --- Final day of the battle -- The clean-up -- Going home
In May, 1943, Bill Jones and his friend Andy Petrus were part of a force of U.S. soldiers who fought the 3,000 Japanese who had invaded and occupied the Aleutian Islands of Alaska during World War II. Now, 60 years later, they embark on a intense and emotional journey back to the remote Aleutian island of Attu, where they relive the brutal 19 day battle that the American government kept secret
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2007
Special features: deleted scenes; theatrical trailer; slide show of Attu today; newsreels from the 1943 battle; "Private Snafu in the Aleutians" (animated short written by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel & directed by Chuck Jones); unedited combat film from the battle
Director[s] of photography, Alex Vendler, Matt Radecki ; editor, Jeff Malmberg ; music by Jay Clarke & Jeff Stuart Salzman
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DVD, region 1; widescreen presentation (16:9, enhanced); stereo
Closed-captioned