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    Naval Base Eniwetok was a major United States Navy base located at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands, during World War II. The base was built to support...
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    against the Japanese base at Truk in the Caroline Islands.: 67  This raid destroyed 39 warships and more than 200 planes.: 67  Eniwetok is a large coral atoll...
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    Enewetak Atoll (redirect from Eniwetok)
    United States in February 1944, during World War II, then became Naval Base Eniwetok. Nuclear testing by the US totaling the equivalent of over 30 megatons...
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    Islands in 1986. Major US Navy Bases: Naval Base Eniwetok, Fleet PO Box 3237, after Battle of Eniwetok Naval Base Engebi on Engebi Island in Enewetak Atoll...
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    to Naval Base Eniwetok, Naval Base Ulithi and then Leyte-Samar Naval Base. At the end of the war the USS Arco (ARD-29) transferred from Naval Base Okinawa...
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    Tinian Naval Advanced Base was a major United States Navy sea and air base on Tinian Island, part of the Northern Mariana Islands on the east side of...
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    (1942-1945) Naval Base Noumea at Nouméa, New Caledonia, major staging base (1942-1956) Naval Base Eniwetok at Enewetak Atoll base, including Eniwetok Airfield...
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    Operation Hailstone (category Naval battles of World War II involving the United States)
    (宗谷) 3,800 tons Operation Inmate US Naval Base Carolines Naval Base Eniwetok Naval Base Gilbert Islands Naval Base Marshall Islands Deaths included 29...
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  • reserved for emergency landings only. Runway was built as part of the Naval Base Eniwetok. "ENT - Enewetak Aux AF, Enewetak Island, Marshall Islands - Enewetak...
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    Operation Catchpole were aimed at capturing Japanese bases at Kwajalein, Eniwetok, and Majuro in the Marshall Islands. The Imperial Japanese Navy occupied...
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    in the unconventional naval units formed during World War II, WARCOM was established on 16 April 1987 at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado in San Diego,...
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    visited: Naval Base Pearl Harbor Hawaii at the Nimitz Bowl, Naval Base Eniwetok, Naval Base Cairns, Green Islands, Pavuvu, Bougainville, Milner Bay, Naval Base...
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  • stations in Colorado. He built and ran radio stations in Naval Base Eniwetok and Naval Base Guam; and served as a combat correspondent on Iwo Jima. Kanter's...
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    Naval Base Funafuti supported "Operation Catchpole" in the Marshall Islands group during the Battle of Eniwetok from 17-23 February 1944. At Naval Base...
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    Naval Base Kossol Roads also called Naval Base Kossol Passage was major United States Navy base at Kossol Roads in northern Palau in the western Caroline...
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    USS Princeton (CVL-23) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    inflicted on Japan's naval air arm. Returning to the Marianas, Princeton again struck Pagan, Rota and Guam, then replenished at Eniwetok. On 14 July, she...
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    Chuuk Lagoon (redirect from Naval Base Truk)
    FSM with its 13,700 people. Chuuk Lagoon was the Empire of Japan's main naval base in the South Pacific theatre during World War II. It was the site of a...
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    2, The Marshall Islands, Kwajalein, Roi-Namur, Eniwetok, U. S. Naval Special Warfare Archives] "Naval Construction Battalions". public2.nhhcaws.local...
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  • assault on Marshall Islands. Catchpole (1944) — invasion of Eniwetok Hailstone (1944) — naval air attack on Truk Forager (1944) — assault on Marianas Islands...
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  • Pioneers supported Operation Sandstone, the atmospheric test series at Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The Sandstone test series was successful...
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    Eniwetok became a major forward naval base for the U.S. Navy. On 5 June Commodore Carter joined ServRon 10 at Eniwetok. His flagship was Prairie. The following...
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    against Kwajalein and Eniwetok atolls. Her next assignment was to support air strikes against the major Japanese naval and logistics base at Truk, Caroline...
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    00000; 167.72722 Naval Base Majuro Rottman, G., 2004, The Marshall Islands 1944: "Operation Flintlock, the capture of Kwajalein and Eniwetok", Oxford: Osprey...
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  • USS Ransom (AM-283) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    later for escort duty back to the west coast and later to Naval Base Eniwetok, Naval Base Ulithi, and Kossol Roads, arriving at the latter 12 January...
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    22nd Marines [1st Naval Construction Detachment(Bobcats), & A Company 3rd CB] Eniwetok ACORN 14, Tarawa, 2nd Marine Division Naval Combat Demolition Units...
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    seizure of Eniwetok began when the fighting was still taking place on Kwajalein. The D-Day for Eniwetok was scheduled for 17 February 1944. Eniwetok is made...
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    Operation Catchpole—The Invasion of Eniwetok, 17 February 1944, NHHC, Samuel J. Cox, Director NHHC, NHHC Hq Washington Naval Yard, Washington D.C., May 2019...
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    USS Charrette (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    bombardment of Chichi Jima on 5 August, then returned to Eniwetok. Charrette sailed from Eniwetok on 29 August 1944 for airstrikes of early September against...
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    USS Ponaganset (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    Ponaganset arrived at Pearl Harbor on 17 July, and made a water run to Eniwetok and back before departing again on transporting potable water duties for...
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    USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    Hawaiian Islands then steamed out on 21 August with a convoy reaching Eniwetok Atoll on 30 August. On 2 September, Roberts returned to Pearl Harbor, with...
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