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Enewetak
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En·e·we·tak or En·i·we·tok  (n-wtk, -nw-)
An atoll in the Ralik Chain of the Marshall Islands in the west-central Pacific Ocean. It was the site of U.S. atomic tests from 1948 to 1954.
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1952: At Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific, the USA detonated the first hydrogen bomb.
Happenend this day by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
Following Tarawa, Hammel turns to The Marshall Islands, just north and west of the Gilberts where the Japanese had fortified Kwajalein and Eniwetok Atolls and built air bases.
Tarawa and the Marshalls U.S. Marines in World War II: A Pictorial ... by Larsen, Richard N. / Reviewer's Bookwatch
6 February to 13 February 1945: We sailed on the SS Sea Sturgeon and arrived at Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Island Group.
Reports from Iwo Jima: 724th Military Police Battalion, Company C, ... by Watson, Andy / Military Police
 
 
 
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