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Truk Atoll
The Oxford Companion to World War II
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Truk Atoll is one of the Pacific Caroline Islands chain. Its lagoon harboured the Japanese Combined Fleet and it was also an important Japanese air base. During the
Pacific war it was attacked frequently by US aircraft of
Task Force 58 and as
Eniwetok was being assaulted in February 1944 they mounted the first-ever
radar-guided night bomber attack on shipping there. The Combined Fleet had left, but 265 Japanese aircraft were destroyed, 140,000 tons of shipping was sunk, and the naval base was badly damaged. A final strike on 29/30 April destroyed what remained, by which time the US
Joint Chiefs of Staff had decided to bypass Truk, which released the troops earmarked to invade it for
amphibious warfare landings on the Mariana and Palau Islands.
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Chuuk seeks aid in storm's wake
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 7/9/2002; ; 579 words
; ...community leaders have already prayed for Chuuk; now, they need to do something to help...and left more than 1,500 homeless on Chuuk in the Federated States of Micronesia...government there. Lt. Gov. Manuel Sound of Chuuk also attended the meeting and discussed...
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REMINDERS OF LONG RELATIONSHIP WITH U.S. NAVY ABOUND IN CHUUK
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/2/2008; 700+ words
; ...USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), anchored in Chuuk Lagoon Aug. 22 - Sept. 1, provided humanitarian...people," said Wesley Simina, governor of Chuuk State. "It's an embodiment of our two...lifestyles." Formerly known as Truk, Chuuk State is an island group in the southwestern...
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Under Heaven's Brow: Pre-Christian Religious Tradition in Chuuk.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Contemporary Pacific; 9/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Pre-Christian Religious Tradition in Chuuk, by Ward H Goodenough. Philadelphia...Christian, precolonial religious belief for Chuuk Lagoon (dating to the late nineteenth...published source will benefit the people of Chuuk (who have no other written record of many...
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ON ASSIGNMENT - Chuuk last stop before closing historic circle
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 3/10/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Polynesian pilgrimage in Satawalface=-Bold; CHUUK, Federated States of Micronesia With drums...Alingano Maisu and Hokule'a arrived today (Chuuk time) at Weno Harbor. It is the last...in Hawaii and other parts of Polynesia. Chuuk Gov. Wesley Simina said bringing the Alingano...
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Distribution of the Chuuk Islands Giant Millipede, Acladocricus setigerus (spirobolida: Rhinocricidae), and identification of its defensive compounds (1).
Magazine article from: Pacific Science; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...155 mm long and is so far known only from Chuuk Islands, Micronesia. It occurs mainly...FSM), only six of the larger islands of Chuuk (formerly Truk) Lagoon are known to harbor...2001) in treating the giant millipede on Chuuk as Acladocricus setigerus (Silvestri...
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Homesick fishermen return to Chuuk
Newspaper article from: The Nelson Mail; 12/8/1999; ; 569 words
; ...theship's owners, the Micronesian state of Chuuk. The wages have never been paid to the...government despite a faxed promise from the Chuuk Attorney-General that themoney will be...othertwo men felt they had been used by the Chuuk government and all the companies involvedwith...
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Dozens reported dead and injured in Chuuk State because of storm
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 7/3/2002; 236 words
; 00-00-0000 Dateline: CHUUK, Federated States of Micronesia Landslides...at least 22 people and injured 42 in Chuuk State on Wednesday as Tropical Storm...Tonoa, Uman and Udot, Siren said. Chuuk, formerly known as Truk, is about 600...
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Tuna Cannery Slated For Chuuk
Newspaper article from: Micronesian Investment Quarterly; 3/1/1994; 478 words
; The state of Chuuk will be the site of a major new tuna processing...private employer in the FSM. Recently, Chuuk state officials, working with FSM national...enterprise in the new Pacific nation. Chuuk state Governor Sasoa Gouland's government...
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State of Chuuk and Kosrae will go to the poll next month.
News Wire article from: PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association; 6/6/2007; 409 words
; ...POHNPEI (Pacnews) The island states of Chuuk and Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia...seats were vacant when Emanuel Mori from Chuuk was elected as FSMs President while Alik...Eight candidates are vying for the state of Chuuk seat while five candidates are gunning...
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President Bush declared state of emergency in Chuuk State.
News Wire article from: PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association; 8/2/2007; 547 words
; ...President George W. Bush after he declared Chuuk State in a state of emergency. Under the...funding and limited to US$$5 million. Chuuk State has suffered from a lack of food...fields of taro -- the main food supply for Chuuk State. FSM officials have predicted that...
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Chuuk
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Chuuk or Truk , state (1990 est. pop. 48,853...comprising the Federated States of Micronesia , Chuuk consists of c.55 volcanic islands surrounded...copra and dried fish. During World War II, Chuuk was the site of an important Japanese naval...
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Micronesia
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography
...Kosrae, 10 p.m. = noon GMT; in Yap and Chuuk, 9 p.m. = noon GMT Longest distances...they are Kosrae, Pohnpei (Ponape), Chuuk (formerly Truk), and Yap Islands. The...Pohnpei), Lele (Kosrae), and Moen (Chuuk). Islands and Archipelagos Within Micronesia...
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Federated States of Micronesia
Encyclopedia entry from: Countries and Their Cultures
...grouped into four geopolitical states: from west to east, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae. The capital of the FSM is Palikir...Polynesian outliers, the languages spoken among the islanders of Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae, and the coral atolls of Yap State are classified...
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Micronesia, Federated States of
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
...six species of fish, four types of mollusks, and four species of plants. Threatened species include the chuuk flying-fox, the chuuk monarch, and the Mortlock Islands flying-fox. The Kosrae crake and the Kosrae mountain starling have become...
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Truk
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Truk : see Chuuk .
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