 Brostrom navamwe varwi vose ve17th Infantry havana kurovedzwa kana kuti kugadzirirwa zvakakodzera nokuda kwehondo yeArctic paAttu, nokuti mumazuva iwayo U.S. Army yakanga isingazivi chinhu pamusoro pokurwisa hondo huru yomunguva yechando. Kunyange zvakadaro, Brostrom nevamwe vake vomurwi vakaenderera mberi, uye nokuda kwechiito ichi vakakunda Distinguished Unit Citation. Mukati mehondo yacho, kurwisa kweKambani F mumupata uri pakati pemipata kwakanga kwakanaka. Varwi vakashandisa pfuti, mapanga, uye magirinedhi okudzinga muvengi mumakomba aiva pedyo neCold Mountain. Kurwira chitsuwa chacho kwakaguma nehondo paChichagof Harbor, apo 7th Infantry Division yakaparadza kurwisa kweJapan kwose pachitsuwa chacho musi waMay 29, mushure mekuzviuraya kweJapan bayonet. Va17th Infantry vakabva vapinda muKiskavachitarisira kumwe kurwisana kwakakomba, asi Brostrom navamwe vomurwi vakawana kuti vaJapan vakanga vabvisa chitsuwa chacho pamberi pokumhara kweAmerica. 