Lat
6° 0' 0N Long 169° 34' 60E Island in Jaluit Atoll. The atoll remained in Japanese hands until the end of the war. The surrender was accepted by USS Thornhill DE-195.
American Missions Against Jaluit
February 1, 1942 - September 20, 1944
Jabor
Site of the old German colonial capital. It earned the distinction
of being the first town targeted with a napalm attack in late
1944.
VMO-155 pilot, John Glenn, describes the attack in John
Glenn: A Memoir:
"Had
a horrible beauty, the bright reddish orange of the flames and
billowing
clouds of black smoke against the green of the tress, the light
green of the ocean water on the reefs and the dark blue deep
sea water made one of the most eerie, awesome, and sobering
sights I had ever seen."
