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27th Bombardment Squadron

On 23 December 1943 aircraft from the 27th Bombardment Squadron became the first American heavy bombers to use Hawkins Field on Tarawa, when the squadron used it as a staging base while escorting US Navy reconnaissance aircraft to Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands during the preparation for the invasion of that atoll.

41st Bombardment Group

Those islands contained air facilities from which the Japanese might interfere with the scheduled invasions of Kwajalein and Eniwetok set for February 1944.

Air Marshall Islands

Air Marshall Islands has offices providing reservations & flight information services on Majuro and Ebeye on Kwajalein Atoll (during flight activities).

ALCOR

:ALCOR is a radar tracking station in Roi-Namur island in the north part of the Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands.

Area code 805

Area code 805 also serves the U.S. military facilities in Kwajalein, Republic of the Marshall Islands with a Paso Robles prefix (805-355-xxxx).

Bucholz Army Airfield

After the war, the United States used Kwajalein as a main command center and preparation base for Operation Crossroads and an extensive series of nuclear tests (comprising a total of 67 blasts) at the Marshalls' atolls of Bikini and Enewetak.

Along with the heavy bomber groups, the USAAF reassigned the F-5 (P-38 Lightning)-equipped 28th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron to Kwajalein to fly long-range photographic missions over the Marshalls and reported directly to Headquarters, Seventh Air Force.

Eugene E. Lindsey

Lindsey was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for successful leadership of his squadron in attacks on Kwajalein and Wotje in the Marshalls 1 February 1942.

Jag Star

Countries that the band performed concerts in for Armed Forces Entertainment include Afghanistan, Pakistan, Qatar, Bahrain, Kyrgyzstan, Singapore, Guam, Diego Garcia, Kwajalein, and Guantanamo Bay.

Japanese cruiser Abukuma

In early February, DesRon1 accompanied the Carrier Striking Force in an unsuccessful pursuit of Vice Admiral William F. Halsey Jr’s Task Force 8, after the USS Enterprise (CV-6) raided Kwajalein and Wotje in the Marshall Islands.

Law enforcement in the Marshall Islands

Kwajalein Atoll is serviced by Alutiiq Security & Technology of Huntsville, Alabama.

Lisa Loring

Lisa Loring (born Lisa Ann DeCinces on February 16, 1958, on Kwajalein, Marshall Islands) is an American actress.

MMW

MMW is a radar tracking station in Roi-Namur island in the north part of the Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands

Monzo Akiyama

Monzo Akiyama (秋山 門造, Akiyāmā Mōnzō) (December 30, 1891, Nagaoka - January 25, 1944, Kwajalein) was a Japanese Rear Admiral who served in World War II.

Omelek Island

The Reagan Test Site, which includes rocket launch sites on other islands in the Kwajalein Atoll, on Wake Island, and at Aur Atoll, is the only U.S. government equatorial launch facility.

Peleliu Airfield

The USAAF Seventh Air Force moved the F-5-equipped 28th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron to Peleliu from Kwajalein on 5 October 1944 to carry out long-range photographic missions over the Philippines.

Ron Rodecker

Rodecker was an educator for 21 years and served for two years as an elementary school principal on Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands.

Scouting in Hawaii

Aloha Council Pacific Basin District outreach efforts in the Pacific continue to grow with over 835 Boy Scouts and 240 Cub Scouts attending camps on Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae, Saipan, Kwajalein, Rongelap, Majuro, Yap and Palau.

TRADEX

TRADEX is a radar tracking station in Roi-Namur island in the north part of the Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands

Wood Sandpiper

In Micronesia it is a regular visitor to the Marianas Islands (where flocks of up to 32 birds are reported) and Palau; it is recorded on Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands about once per decade.


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