Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface 9

To Alaska 13

Tanana: 1922-1923 27

Tanana: 1923-1930 37

Tanana, Tatitlek, and Old Harbor: 1928-1932 53

From Kodiak to Kipnuk: 1932 70

Kipnuk Culture: 1932 79

Letters from Kipnuk: 1932-1933 91

Kipnuk School: 1932-1934 112

Letters from Kipnuk: 1934-1937 119

Old Harbor: 1937-1941 135

Attu: 1941-1942 148

Invasion: 1942 167

The Australians: January-July 1942 181

Bund Hotel, Yokohama: July 1942 193

Yokohama Yacht Club: 1942-1943 203

Yokohama Yacht Club: 1943-1944 213

Totsuka: 1944-1945 227

Rescue: August 31, 1945 245

Return to the United States: September 1945 255

Home: 1945-1965 266

Afterword by Ray Hudson 279

Acknowledgements 281

Notes 283

Bibliography 305

Index 307

About the Author 317

About the Afterword Writer 319

About the Author

At the conclusion of her own thirty-four year teaching career, Mary Breu set out to write the story of her great-aunt, Etta Jones. After doing extensive research, Mary used Etta's letters, old photographs, Etta's unpublished manuscript written after her captivity, and her research to write this book. She holds a bachelor's and master's degrees. She lives with her husband Jerry in South Carolina. Ray Hudson lived and worked as a teacher in the Aleutian Islands from 1964 to 1992. He is an author, poet, and woodblock print artist who has exhibited in museums.

Reviews

“Etta Jones was a nurse and teacher in the Alaska Bush. She was living on Attu when Japanese took the island in World War II and, with the rest of the civilian population, incarcerated in Japan for the rest of the war. Her letters and photographs have been used by her grand-niece, Mary Breu for this book.”
*Anchorage Daily News*

"Etta Jones was truly an ordinary woman who did some extraordinary things. And that, in this adventurer’s book, is what makes a hero."
*Fairbanks Daily News Miner*

"Etta Jones is a true American hero... If this were a work of fiction it would have ended just like it does. Good triumphs over evil. Good works are rewarded. In today’s turbulent times, Last Letters from Attu is just what the doctor ordered."
*Anchorage Press*

"This remarkable book, while adding to our understanding of World War II in Alaska, is much more. It is the story of an important American, a woman of courage and resolve, an inextinguishable spirit."
*Ray Hudson (Afterword)*