Truk Lagoon (1996) - The A.V. Club
Known to the U.S. Navy as the "Gibraltar of the Pacific" since the late 1930's, the Japanese had occupied this coral atoll since after WW I. This was very strategic to the Japanese to their build up of the Pacific military and other resources. This coral atoll was called, Truk Lagoon. Truk Lagoon (now known as Chuuk, FSM, South West of Guam) was known as the revenge of Pearl Harbour for Japan. The US Naval Task Force 58.1 launched early morning attacks and the first ever night attacks over February 17th & 18th, 1944, by the time it was all over, the US bombs & torpedoes ...
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