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2 unusual facts about Angaur Airstrip


Angaur Airstrip

In April 2010 the Palau Senate passed a resolution asking the President to offer Angaur airstrip as a site for the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma on Okinawa.

The 22d Bombardment Group operating B-24s was based at Anagur from November 1944 until January 1945 when it moved to Guiuan Airfield in the Philippines.


494th Air Expeditionary Group

The first elements of the 494th arrived on Angaur on 16 October, being strafed by Japanese forces still on the island as the battle of Bloody-Nose Ridge was still ongoing.


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