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Chapters: Landforms of the Marshall Islands, Marshall Islands Geography Stubs, Subdivisions of the Marshall Islands, Bucholz Army Airfield, Marshall Islands International Airport, List of Islands of the Marshall Islands, Roi-Namur, Jaluit Atoll, Ailinginae Atoll, Omelek Island, Namdrik Atoll, Rongerik Atoll, Ujelang Atoll, Ailuk Atoll, Ailinglaplap Atoll, Arno Atoll, Utirik Atoll, Elugelab, Likiep Atoll, List of Cities in the Marshall Islands, Maloelap Atoll, Airok Airport, Ailuk Airport, Ralik Chain, Wotho Atoll, Knox Atoll, Ebon Atoll, Ratak Chain, Jabat Island, Mejit Island, Namu Atoll, Taroa Island, Meck Island, Aur Atoll, Erikub Atoll, Taroa Airfield, Djarrit, Jemo Island, Ujae Atoll, Lae Atoll, Klee Passage, Lib Island, Bigej Island, Laura, Marshall Islands, Ajeltokrok, Delap, Aomen, Uliga, Langor, Ajeltake, Attongtonganebwokwbwokw, Rearlaplap, Kobjeltak, Tutu Island, Rairok. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 123. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Bucholz Army Airfield -Bucholz Army Airfield was initially built by the Japanese in 1943 as part of a large naval base. It came under heavy air attacks in late 1943 to neutralize the island. The atoll was assaulted by American forces on 31 January 1944. Employing the hard-learned lessons of the Battle of Tarawa, the United States launched a successful twin assault on the main islands of Kwajalein in the south and Roi-Namur in the north. The Japanese defenders put up a stiff resistance though outnumbered and under-prepared. The determined Japanese defense left only 51 survivors of an original garrison of 3,500. After the seizure from the Japanese, Kwajalein was developed into a major American base and staging area for further campaigns in the advance on the Japanese homeland. After repairing and expanding the Japanese airfield, the ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5848580 ... Read more

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Chapters: Bucholz Army Airfield, Marshall Islands International Airport, Roi-Namur, Jaluit Atoll, Ailinginae Atoll, Omelek Island, Namdrik Atoll, Rongerik Atoll, Ujelang Atoll, Ailuk Atoll, Ailinglaplap Atoll, Arno Atoll, Utirik Atoll, Elugelab, Likiep Atoll, List of Cities in the Marshall Islands, Maloelap Atoll, Airok Airport, Ailuk Airport, Ralik Chain, Wotho Atoll, Knox Atoll, Ebon Atoll, Ratak Chain, Jabat Island, Mejit Island, Namu Atoll, Taroa Island, Meck Island, Aur Atoll, Erikub Atoll, Taroa Airfield, Djarrit, Jemo Island, Ujae Atoll, Lae Atoll, Klee Passage, Lib Island, Bigej Island, Laura, Marshall Islands, Ajeltokrok, Delap, Aomen, Uliga, Langor, Ajeltake, Attongtonganebwokwbwokw, Rearlaplap, Kobjeltak, Tutu Island, Rairok. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 117. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Bucholz Army Airfield -Bucholz Army Airfield was initially built by the Japanese in 1943 as part of a large naval base. It came under heavy air attacks in late 1943 to neutralize the island. The atoll was assaulted by American forces on 31 January 1944. Employing the hard-learned lessons of the Battle of Tarawa, the United States launched a successful twin assault on the main islands of Kwajalein in the south and Roi-Namur in the north. The Japanese defenders put up a stiff resistance though outnumbered and under-prepared. The determined Japanese defense left only 51 survivors of an original garrison of 3,500. After the seizure from the Japanese, Kwajalein was developed into a major American base and staging area for further campaigns in the advance on the Japanese homeland. After repairing and expanding the Japanese airfield, the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) moved Headquarters, Seventh Air Force from Nanumea to the airfield in April 1944, and moved the B-24 Liberator-...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5848580 ... Read more

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Chapters: People From the Ralik Chain, People From the Ratak Chain, Litokwa Tomeing, Todd Lyght, Kessai Note, Amata Kabua, Roman William Cress, Misao Lokeijak. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Iroij Litokwa Tomeing (born 14 October 1939) was the President of the Marshall Islands from January 2008 until October 2009. Litokwa Tomeing was born on Wotje Atoll, in the Japanese administered Marshall Islands, on October 14, 1939. From 1950 until 1954, Tomeing attended the Catholic Elementary School, first in Likiep and then in Jaluit. In 1961, Tomeing graduated from PIC High School in Pohnpei. He studied at the University of Hawaii from 1970 until 1972 on an extension program. Tomeing is married to his wife, former Marshallese First Lady Arlin Tomeing. The couple have seven children and several grandchildren. Tomeing is a traditional chief. He became a principal and teacher at Ebon Elementary School in 1961, and remained with the school until 1964. He then moved to Majuro, where he taught at Rita Elementary School from 1965 until 1968. Tomeing was elected the Mayor of Wotje Atoll, his first public office. He remained in office as Mayor of Wotje from 1965 until 1969. He taught at Wotje Elementary School from 1968 until 1973, while continuing to serve as mayor. He moved back to Majuro in 1974, where he was employed at the Marshall Islands High School as the school's Media and Curriculum specialist. Tomeing campaigned for and won a seat in the Nitijela, representing a constituency which included the Ebon, Namdrik Atoll, Kili, and Jaluit atolls. He held this seat from 1974 until 1978. In 1976, Tomeing was appointed as one the Marshallese delegates at the Federated States of Micronesia Constitutional Convention, which was held in Saipan, the Northern Mari...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=15106718 ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) was a United Nations trust territory in Micronesia (western Pacific) administered by the United States from July 18, 1947, comprising the former South Pacific Mandate, a League of Nations Mandate administered by Japan and taken by the U.S. in 1944. On October 21, 1986, the U.S. ended its administration of the Marshall Islands district. The termination of U.S. administration of the Chuuk, Yap, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and the Mariana Islands districts of the TTPI soon followed on November 3, 1986. The UN only formally ended the trusteeship for the Chuuk, Yap, Kosrae, Pohnpei, Mariana Islands, and Marshall Islands districts on December 22, 1990. On May 25, 1994 the UN ended the trusteeship for the Palau district, after which the U.S. and Palau agreed to establish the latter's independence on October 1. ... Read more