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    Kwajalein Atoll (/ˈkwɑːdʒəlɪn/; Marshallese: Kuwajleen [kʷuwɑzʲ(ɛ)lʲɛːnʲ]) is part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The southernmost and...
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    Battle of Kwajalein was fought as part of the Pacific campaign of World War II. It took place 31 January – 3 February 1944, on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall...
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    starvation by early 1948, and they were moved again, this time to Kwajalein Atoll. The United States used the islands and lagoon as the site of 23 nuclear...
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    homes to the island of Mejato in the Kwajalein Atoll, 180 kilometers away. The Marshall Islands, of which Rongelap Atoll is a part, were first settled by...
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    000 km2) and includes rocket launch sites at the Kwajalein Atoll (on multiple islands), Wake Island, and Aur Atoll. It primarily functions as a test facility...
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    other atolls have found evidence of human habitation dating around the 1st century CE at the village of Laura on Majuro and on Kwajalein Atoll. The Austronesian...
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    ICAO: PKWA, FAA LID: KWA) is a United States Army airfield located on Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. Its position is ideal for refueling during trans-Pacific...
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    Ebeye Island (category Kwajalein Atoll)
    [ibˠɑːɛ], after the English pronunciation) is the populous island of Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, and the second most populated in the Marshall...
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    31 January, the ships began a bombardment of Kwajalein Atoll, the opening moves of the battle of Kwajalein. Maryland destroyed numerous Japanese stationary...
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    capsized on the surface of Kwajalein Atoll lagoon The following above-ground nuclear device tests were conducted on or near Bikini Atoll from 1946 to 1958, comprising...
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