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It’s the most westerly island in the Aleutian chain — closer to Russia than mainland Alaska — and was one of just a few U.S. territories, along with Guam, the Philippines and the nearby island of Kiska, taken by enemy forces during the war.

They first went to Kiska, another Alaska island; one Attu resident died on the way.

But in March came the death of Kiska, who had been living alone for a dozen years in her Marineland of Canada tank in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Coast Guard patrol board encountered seven Chinese and Russian naval vessels cooperating in an exercise last year about 86 miles north of Alaska’s Kiska Island.

Kiska appeared in shows at Marineland for years but had not performed for more than a decade.