Yap |
Province |
|
Japanese
occupied with several airfields. |
Rumung |
Island near Yap |
|
Japanese
occupied until the end of the war |
Ulithi |
Atoll (Yap Province) |
|
Major
Allied base and staging area |
|
Anchorage off Ulithi Kaiten Attack Nov 20, 1944 |
|
Fleet
recreation area that could accommodate |
|
Airfield exanded by US forces into a major base. |
|
Base
with massive movie theater and recreational facilities |
Truk |
Province |
Truk
Lagoon |
Japanese
Naval anchorage, and sunken ships. |
|
Airfields,
restored Japanese houses and base |
|
Once
the Fleet HQ |
|
Japanese fighter airstrip still remain |
|
4th
Naval Communications Corps |
|
Japanese
aircraft graveyard along the beach. |
|
Small island, RDF Radio Direction Finder Station |
|
Engineering
and troops of 43rd and 48th Naval Guard forces |
|
4th
Naval Construction and civilians stationed |
|
Two
shielded coastal defense guns |
|
Heavily
forested with two large guns |
|
Two shielded 5.9 inch guns and a command post |
|
Defense
guns emplaced here |
|
Guns
in revetted emplacements, command post. |
|
There
were two shielded 5.9 inch guns in emplacements. |
|
Defense
guns emplaced here |
|
Site
of the never completed fighter airstrip |
|
Nine
of these islands were fortified during the war. |
|
Small
island with wreckage of US fighter |
|
Atoll
and Japanese base |
|
Atoll
and Japanese base |
|
Province |
|
Several airfields and installations |
|
Ponape's
main town and wartime airfield |
|
Capital
of Federated States of Micronesia |
|
Area
to the SW of Ponape Island |
|
Island
to the SE of Ponape, Nan Madol ruins |
|
Island
north of Ponape, connected by causeway. |
|
Island
with seaplane base |
|
Island
to the west of Langar, heavily bombed |
|
Island chain to the south of Federated States |
Kosrae |
Province |
Kosrae
(Kusaie) |
Several installations and wrecks |
