Attu Boy Quotes

“Another thing old-timers told me was that when you walk, don’t drink water, and that’s how I used to be. I used to walk all day, sometimes eight to twelve hours without water, and never get tired.”
― Nick Golodoff, Attu Boy: A Young Alaskan's WWII Memoir

“used to hunt sea otters and fur seals for the furs. There was no trapping during the war.”
― Nick Golodoff, Attu Boy: A Young Alaskan's WWII Memoir

“My grandfather, Nick L. Golodoff, had no choice. He was taken off his island of Attu, Alaska, by the Japanese when he was very young.”
― Nick Golodoff, Attu Boy: A Young Alaskan's WWII Memoir

“life is unexpected, and back during World War II it was harsher”
― Nick Golodoff, Attu Boy: A Young Alaskan's WWII Memoir