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Wreck of a B-24 Liberator
"St. Quentin Quail" off shore |
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First
Hydrogen bomb test November 18, 1952 |
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Last
Japanese held island liberated by USMC |
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Bikini Atoll |
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Nuclear testing Area |
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Kwajalein Atoll |
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Large Japanese and later American base
during the war |
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Off limits
to most outsiders, Japanese fortifications |
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Island in Kwajalein
Lagoon with several seaplane wrecks |
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Wrecks
are infrequently visited due to their distance from Kwaj |
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Several unidentified
WWII ship wrecks off shore. |
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Unidentified Shipwreck |
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Shonan
Maru No. 6 and a Landing craft |
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Several
sunken wrecks |
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Site of
the initial landing by US forces in the area. |
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Small island in the Atoll |
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Small island in the Atoll |
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Wotje Atoll |
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Japanese occupied
until the end of WWII |
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Japanese occupied
until the end of WWII |
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Maloelap Atoll |
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Taroa had a
major Japanese airbase developed in the 1930's. |
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Second largest island in the atoll, Taroa Airfield |
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Small island south of Taroa connected by a causeway |
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Majuro Atoll |
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Japanese built airfield, liberated and expanded by US Navy |
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Japanese built airfield, liberated and expanded by US Navy |
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Japanese built airfield, liberated and expanded by US Navy |
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Island near Majuro with B-24 wreck |
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Small island to the east of the atoll |
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Small island north of Dalop |
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Located at the north-east of the atoll |
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Mili Atoll |
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Japanese occupied
for duration of WWII |
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Jaluit Atoll |
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Former German
colonial capital at Jabor |
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Japanese
seaplane base and fortified island. |
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Small island
between Jaluit and connected to the SE edge of Emiej |
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Island in Jaluit Atoll |
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Northern island with sunkne cargo ship
near lagoon |
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