O Callahan (FF 1051) - Naval Cruise Book

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-0 if AM...-a-nu.-:tp ISLAND During World War ll. Truk served as a major Japanese air and naval base. Admirat Spruanoe sent a task force to Truk which destroyed 265 aircraft. sunk several warships and sent 200.000 tons ot Japanese merchant shipping to the bottom. Since 1947. Truk and the rest ot the Carottne Islands have been administered by the United States aspart ofthe United NattonstrustterrttoryolthePacitic l8l8fld8. F i 67 . , ,..., .. ,, G-.-vw-, aww rf Q..-u.wn-,M-1-v.....f-.. .. .

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Truk is an island group in the Western p Ocean. Part of the Caroline Islands, its land consists of thirty-nine square miles with a Us noni - f, 31,6oo. it is one of the largest island gfoussaffzg Caroline chain. Truk consists of several volcanic islani. and numerous islets in a large lagoon enclosed by. 140 mile long coral reef. Tol, which has an area ofab nine square miles, is the largest and most dems? populated. The islanders, whom nearly all at Micronesions, engage in fishing and farming. .514 si

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