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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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