Emirau Island, also called Emira, is an island in the Bismarck Archipelago located at 1°38.5′S 149°58.5′E / 1.6417°S 149.9750°E / -1.6417; 149.9750...
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The Landing on Emirau was the last of the series of operations that made up Operation Cartwheel, General Douglas MacArthur's strategy for the encirclement...
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Emirau Airport is an airfield in Emirau Island, Papua New Guinea. Emirau was seized unopposed by two Battalions of the 4th Marine Regiment on 20 March...
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VMA-611 (section Operations from Emirau)
Funafuti, Espiritu Santo, and Munda en route to their final destination of Emirau. During the transit the squadron lost two aircraft. One plane was lost at...
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the first to see combat by helping the 4th Marines at Green Island and Emirau Island. A few were temporarily attached to UDTs. Later NCDUs 1–10 were combined...
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USS Callaway (section Emirau and Saipan)
at Guadalcanal, Callaway proceeded combat loaded for the occupation of Emirau where her troops landed on 20 March 1944. Transfers of troops and cargo...
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goods. In 2012, a Lapita jadeite gouge used for wood carving was found on Emirau Island in the Bismarck Archipelago. It was dated to around 3,300 BCE, but...
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Charles Marquis Warren (section Emirau Productions)
writer, director, and producer. He established his own production company, Emirau Productions, named after the battle in World War II in which Warren was...
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April 1945 Admiralty Islands campaign, 29 February – 18 May 1944 Landing on Emirau, 20 - 27 March 1944 Western New Guinea campaign, April 1944 – August 1945...
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