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Kwajalein

8.72°N 167.73°E2 titles

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What happened here

Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands was a Japanese naval and air base, raided by American carriers on 1 February 1942 in one of the first US offensives of the Pacific War. Captured Allied airmen were held and some executed on a small island of the atoll. In early February 1944 the 7th Infantry and 4th Marine Divisions took the atoll in a week of fighting.

Films and series set in Kwajalein

  1. Unbroken

    2014 · Film

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    1. Camp

      Captured by the Japanese Navy, the two airmen are caged and interrogated about American aircraft and bombsights.

  2. Midway

    2019 · Film

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    1. Battle

      Dick Best and the Enterprise dive bombers make their first raid on Japanese ships and airfields in the Marshalls.

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