America at war. U.S. soldiers live and fight in countries throughout the world. Men of a U.S.

America at war. U.S. soldiers live and fight in countries throughout the world. Men of a U.S. Construction Battalion on Attu in the Aleutians - Two members of a U.S. construction batallion set out for a day of work through the mud which has been churned up by the wheels of heavy construction machines on Attu, an island outpost in the Aleutian Group which lies far out in the Pacific west of Alaska. Retaken from the Japanese invaders on May 30, 1943, after a campaign lasting less than three weeks, the bleak tundras of the island provide airfields for U.S. planes which make extensive patrols against Japanese shipping in the Pacific. Construction of a permanent base there was begun almost before the military operation was completed.