Ulithi, the Glossary

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1. 97 relations: Atoll, Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón, Battalion, Battle of Leyte Gulf, Battle of Okinawa, Battleship, Biblical Magi, Calendar of saints, Caroline Islands, Catholic Church, Census, Chester W. Nimitz, Christianity, Depth charge, Destroyer, Destroyer escort, Destroyer tender, Diogo da Rocha, Dry dock, DUKW, Edmund Kalau, Empire of Japan, Epiphany (holiday), European Union, Fais Island, Falalop, Federated States of Micronesia, Flight deck, Funeral, German Empire, Green sea turtle, Guam, Habele, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, I-400-class submarine, IATA airport code, Ice cream barge, Islet, Jesuits, Kamikaze, Lagoon, Latin script, League of Nations, List of storms named Maysak, London, LORAN, Majuro, Montgomery Ward, Naval Base Ulithi, ... Expand index (47 more) »

2. Atolls of the Federated States of Micronesia
3. Islands of Yap
4. Municipalities of Yap
5. United States Navy in World War II

Atoll

An atoll is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon.

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Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón

Álvaro de Saavedra (d. 1529), fully Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón, was one of the Spanish explorers of the Pacific Ocean.

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Battalion

A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of up to one thousand soldiers commanded by a lieutenant colonel and subdivided into a number of companies, each typically commanded by a major or a captain.

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Battle of Leyte Gulf

The Battle of Leyte Gulf (Filipino: Labanan sa Golpo ng Leyte) was the largest naval battle of World War II and by some criteria the largest naval battle in history, with over 200,000 naval personnel involved. Ulithi and battle of Leyte Gulf are Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II.

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Battle of Okinawa

The, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army.

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Battleship

A battleship is a large, heavily armored warship with a main battery consisting of large-caliber guns, designed to serve as capital ships with the most intense firepower.

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Biblical Magi

In Christianity, the Biblical Magi (or; singular), also known as the Three Wise Men, Three Kings, and Three Magi, are distinguished foreigners who visit Jesus after his birth, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh in homage to him.

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Calendar of saints

The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.

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Caroline Islands

The Caroline Islands (or the Carolines) are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating population information about the members of a given population.

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Chester W. Nimitz

Chester William Nimitz (February 24, 1885 – February 20, 1966) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Depth charge

A depth charge is an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) weapon designed to destroy submarines by detonating in the water near the target and subjecting it to a destructive hydraulic shock.

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Destroyer

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or carrier battle group and defend them against a wide range of general threats.

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Destroyer escort

Destroyer escort (DE) was the United States Navy mid-20th-century classification for a warship designed with the endurance necessary to escort mid-ocean convoys of merchant marine ships.

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Destroyer tender

A destroyer tender or destroyer depot ship is a type of depot ship: an auxiliary ship designed to provide maintenance support to a flotilla of destroyers or other small warships.

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Diogo da Rocha

Diogo da Rocha was a captain who sailed for the Portuguese in 1525.

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Dry dock

A dry dock (sometimes drydock or dry-dock) is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform.

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DUKW

The DUKW (GMC type nomenclature, colloquially known as Duck) is a six-wheel-drive amphibious modification of the -ton CCKW trucks used by the U.S. military during World War II and the Korean War.

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Edmund Kalau

Edmund J. Kalau (9 July 1928 – 8 January 2014) was a German aviator, missionary, and pastor.

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Empire of Japan

The Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, or simply Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the reformed Constitution of Japan in 1947.

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Epiphany (holiday)

Epiphany, or Eid al-Ghitas (عيد الغِطاس), also known as "Theophany" in Eastern Christian tradition, is a Christian feast day commemorating the visit of the Magi, the baptism of Jesus, and the wedding at Cana.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Fais Island

Fais Island is a raised coral island in the eastern Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district in Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia. Ulithi and Fais Island are islands of Yap and Municipalities of Yap.

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Falalop

Falalop (Fl'aalop) is an island in the Ulithi Atoll in the western Pacific Ocean, approximately east of Yap. Ulithi and Falalop are islands of Yap.

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Federated States of Micronesia

The Federated States of Micronesia (abbreviated FSM), or simply Micronesia, is an island country in Micronesia, a subregion of Oceania.

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Flight deck

The flight deck of an aircraft carrier is the surface from which its aircraft take off and land, essentially a miniature airfield at sea.

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Funeral

A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with the attendant observances.

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German Empire

The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.

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Green sea turtle

The green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), also known as the green turtle, black (sea) turtle or Pacific green turtle, is a species of large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae.

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Guam

Guam (Guåhan) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean.

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Habele

The Habele Outer Island Education Fund (or simply Habele) is a South Carolina–based charitable organization serving K-12 aged students in Micronesia.

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History of United States Naval Operations in World War II

The History of United States Naval Operations in World War II is a 15-volume account of the United States Navy in World War II, written by Samuel Eliot Morison and published by Little, Brown and Company between 1947 and 1962. Ulithi and History of United States Naval Operations in World War II are united States Navy in World War II.

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I-400-class submarine

The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) submarines were the largest submarines of World War II and remained the largest ever built until the construction of nuclear ballistic missile submarines in the 1960s.

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IATA airport code

An IATA airport code, also known as an IATA location identifier, IATA station code, or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter geocode designating many airports and metropolitan areas around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

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Ice cream barge

An ice cream barge was a vessel employed by the United States Navy in the Pacific Theater of World War II to produce ice cream in large quantities to be provisioned to sailors and U.S. Marines.

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Islet

An islet is a very small, often unnamed island.

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Jesuits

The Society of Jesus (Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits (Iesuitae), is a religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome.

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Kamikaze

, officially, were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who flew suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, intending to destroy warships more effectively than with conventional air attacks.

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Lagoon

A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses.

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Latin script

The Latin script, also known as the Roman script, is a writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae in Magna Graecia.

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League of Nations

The League of Nations (LN or LoN; Société des Nations, SdN) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace.

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List of storms named Maysak

The name Maysak has been used to name four tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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LORAN

LORAN, short for long range navigation, was a hyperbolic radio navigation system developed in the United States during World War II.

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Majuro

Majuro (Marshallese: Mājro) is the capital and largest city of the Marshall Islands. Ulithi and Majuro are Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II and united States Navy in World War II.

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Montgomery Ward

Montgomery Ward is the name of two successive U.S. retail corporations.

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Naval Base Ulithi

Naval Base Ulithi was a major United States Navy base at the Ulithi Atoll in the Caroline Islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea during World War II. Ulithi and Naval Base Ulithi are Closed installations of the United States Navy and islands of Yap.

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Nominal power (photovoltaic)

Nominal power is the nameplate capacity of photovoltaic (PV) devices, such as solar cells, modules and systems.

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Operation Tan No. 2

Operation Tan No. Ulithi and Operation Tan No. 2 are Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II.

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Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (postnominal abbr. OFMCap) is a religious order of Franciscan friars within the Catholic Church, one of three "First Orders" that reformed from the Franciscan Friars Minor Observant (OFMObs, now OFM), the other being the Conventuals (OFMConv).

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Outer Islands High School

Outer Islands High School (OIHS) is a secondary school in Ulithi, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia.

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The Pacific Community (PC), formerly the South Pacific Commission (SPC), is an international development organisation governed by 27 members, including 22 Pacific island countries and territories around the Pacific Ocean.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.

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Paganism

Paganism (from classical Latin pāgānus "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Judaism.

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Panama Canal

The Panama Canal (Canal de Panamá) is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean, cutting across the Isthmus of Panama, and is a conduit for maritime trade.

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Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor is an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu.

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Philip II of Spain

Philip II (21 May 152713 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent (Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598.

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Photovoltaics

Photovoltaics (PV) is the conversion of light into electricity using semiconducting materials that exhibit the photovoltaic effect, a phenomenon studied in physics, photochemistry, and electrochemistry.

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Pope Leo XIII

Pope Leo XIII (Leone XIII; born Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903) was head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 until his death in July 1903.

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Portuguese Empire

The Portuguese Empire (Império Português), also known as the Portuguese Overseas or the Portuguese Colonial Empire, was composed of the overseas colonies, factories, and later overseas territories, governed by the Kingdom of Portugal, and later the Republic of Portugal.

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Quonset hut

A Quonset hut is a lightweight prefabricated structure of corrugated galvanized steel with a semi-circular cross-section.

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Regiment

A regiment is a military unit.

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Repair ship

A repair ship is a naval auxiliary ship designed to provide maintenance support to warships.

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Replenishment oiler

A replenishment oiler or replenishment tanker is a naval auxiliary ship with fuel tanks and dry cargo holds which can supply both fuel and dry stores during underway replenishment (UNREP) at sea.

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Ruy López de Villalobos

Ruy López de Villalobos (– 23 April 1546) was a Spanish explorer who led a failed attempt to colonize the Philippines in 1544, attempting to assert Spanish control there under the terms of the treaties of Tordesillas and Zaragoza.

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San Francisco

San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.

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Seabee

United States Naval Construction Battalions, better known as the Navy Seabees, form the U.S. Naval Construction Forces (NCF).

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Sears

Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began as a mail ordering catalog company migrating to opening retail locations in 1925, the first in Chicago.

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Ship grounding

Ship grounding or ship stranding is the impact of a ship on seabed or waterway side.

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SMS Planet (1905)

SMS Planet was a survey ship of the Kaiserliche Marine.

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Spanish Empire

The Spanish Empire, sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy or the Catholic Monarchy, was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976.

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Submarine

A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater.

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Superstructure

A superstructure is an upward extension of an existing structure above a baseline.

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Surrender of Japan

The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, ending the war.

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Survey vessel

A survey vessel is any type of ship or boat that is used for underwater surveys, usually to collect data for mapping or planning underwater construction or mineral extraction.

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Tokyo

Tokyo (東京), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (label), is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023 and the second-most-populated capital in the world.

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Torpedo

A modern torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, and with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in proximity to the target.

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Tropical rainforest climate

A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator.

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Type C submarine

The was one of the first classes of submarine in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) to serve during the Second World War.

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Typhoon Ophelia

Typhoon Ophelia was a long-lived and powerful tropical cyclone that had devastating impacts on the small atoll of Ulithi in the Caroline Islands.

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Ulithi Airport

Ulithi Civil Airfield is a public airport serving the island of Falalop, located in the Ulithi Atoll in the Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia. Ulithi and Ulithi Airport are Closed installations of the United States Navy.

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Ulithian language

Ulithian is the language spoken on Ulithi Atoll and neighboring islands.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services.

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US Naval Base Carolines

US Naval Base Carolines included a number of United States Navy bases on the Caroline Islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea during World War II. Ulithi and US Naval Base Carolines are Closed installations of the United States Navy.

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Watt

The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3.

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Weather station

A weather station is a facility, either on land or sea, with instruments and equipment for measuring atmospheric conditions to provide information for weather forecasts and to study the weather and climate.

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Wedding

A wedding is a ceremony where two people are united in marriage.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Yap

Yap (Waqab, sometimes written as, or) traditionally refers to an island group located in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, a part of Yap State. Ulithi and Yap are islands of Yap.

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Yap State

The State of Yap (Yapese: Wa'ab or Waqab) is one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia, located in the westernmost portion of the country.

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81st Infantry Division (United States)

The 81st Readiness Division ("Wildcat") was a formation of the United States Army originally organized as the 81st Infantry Division during World War I. After World War I, the 81st Division was allotted to the Organized Reserve as a "skeletonized" cadre division.

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See also

Atolls of the Federated States of Micronesia

• Ant Atoll
• Eauripik
• Elato
• Etal Atoll
• Faraulep
• Fayu Atoll
• Gaferut
• Hall Islands
• Ifalik
• Kapingamarangi
• Kuop
• Lamotrek
• Losap
• Lukunor
• Minto Reef
• Mokil Atoll
• Murilo, Federated States of Micronesia
• Namoluk
• Namonabetiu
• Namonuito Atoll
• Ngulu Atoll
• Nomoi Islands
• Nomwin
• Nukuoro
• Olimarao
• Oroluk Atoll
• Pakin Atoll
• Piagailoe
• Pingelap
• Poluwat
• Pulap
• Sapwuahfik
• Satawal
• Satawan
• Sorol
• Ulithi
• Woleai

Islands of Yap

• Eauripik
• Elato
• Fais Island
• Falalop
• Faraulep
• Fayu Atoll
• Gaferut
• Ifalik
• Lamotrek
• Naval Base Ulithi
• Ngulu Atoll
• Olimarao
• Piagailoe
• Pikelot
• Satawal
• Sorol
• Tarang (Yap)
• Ulithi
• Woleai
• Yap

Municipalities of Yap

• Bechiyal
• Colonia, Federated States of Micronesia
• Dalipebinau
• Dinay
• Eauripik
• Elato
• Fais Island
• Fanif
• Faraulep
• Gagil
• Gilman, Federated States of Micronesia
• Ifalik
• Kanifay
• Lamotrek
• Maap
• Ngulu Atoll
• Rull
• Rumung
• Satawal
• Sorol
• Tomil
• Ulithi
• Weloy
• Woleai

United States Navy in World War II

• Camp Robert Smalls
• Eastern Solomons order of battle
• Gilbert Islands naval order of battle
• Guadalcanal naval order of battle
• Hastings Naval Ammunition Depot, Nebraska
• History of United States Naval Operations in World War II
• Howard L. Boorman
• Invasion of Leyte naval order of battle
• List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World War II
• List of United States Navy losses in World War II
• List of United States Navy shore activities during World War II
• Majuro
• Most decorated US Naval vessels of World War II
• Naval Aviation Photographic Unit
• Okinawa naval order of battle
• Ruth Noller
• San Jacinto Ordnance Depot
• Santa Cruz Islands order of battle
• Savo Island order of battle
• Ulithi
• United States Navy Armed Guard
• United States Navy in World War II
• Victory at Sea

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulithi

Also known as Atoll of Ulithi, Ulithi Atoll, Ulithi Island.

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