Naval Base Marshall Islands | |
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 United States Navy base | |
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| Coordinates:7°05′N171°23′E / 7.083°N 171.383°E /7.083; 171.383 | |
| Island Chain | Ratak Chain |
| Founded | 1944 |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (MHT) |
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Naval Base Marshall Islands wereUnited States Navyadvance bases built on theMarshall Islands duringWorld War II to support thePacific War efforts. The bases were built by US Navy after theMarshall Islands campaign that captured the islands from theEmpire of Japan. By February 1944 theUnited States Armed Forces had captured the islands. Most of the airfields and other facilities Japan had built were destroyed inalliedbombing raids andnaval bombardment. US NavySeabee Construction Battalions arrived as soon as the area was secured and remove the debris. The Seabees quickly repaired, built and improved theairfield/runways andseaport. Seabees often worked around the clock to get airfields operational so thatfighter aircraft andbombers could start operating. The bases were used for staging upcoming campaigns and for repair.[1][2]
At the start ofWorld War I, Japan took control of the Marshall Islands from theGerman Empire. Japan built bases on many of the islands and had troops stationed on the Marshall Islands.[3][4] The tropical Marshall Islands are near theEquator in the Pacific Ocean, slightly west of theInternational Date Line. Marshall Islands has over five major islands and 29coral atolls[5] comprising 1,156 individual islands andislets. The Marshall Islands capital and largest city isMajuro on a large coral atoll, Majuro atoll. The US Naval built bases for troops, ships,submarines,PT boats,seaplanes, supply depots, training camps, fleet recreation facilities, and ship repair depots. To keep supplies following the bases were supplied by the vastII United States Merchant Navy. The Marshall Islands were in Japan's inner line of defense and 2,887 miles from Japan's homeland. At the end of the war, the Marshall Islands came under the control of the United States as part of theTrust Territory of the Pacific Islands until the independence of the Marshall Islands in 1986.[1][6]
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At the end of the war, the Marshall Islands came under the control of the United States as part of theTrust Territory of the Pacific Islands until the independence of the Marshall Islands in 1986. Marshall Islands were given self-government on 1 May 1979.Compact of Free Association was make between the Marshall Islands and United States on 21 October 1986. These close associations United States dollar and English are used in the Marshall Islands.[11] The Compact of Free Association agrees that US is responsible the defense of the Marshall Islands. The compact gives the Marshall Islands (Marshallese) the right toemigrate, without a visa, to the United States .[12][13]
The vastKwajalein Missile Range was built Marshall Islands during theCold War.[14]
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Bryan Maie is a native and citizen of the Marshall Islands who came to the United States as a child with his family in 1989. Maie and his family arrived in Hawaii pursuant to the Compact of Free Association, which allows citizens of the Marshall Islands to come to the United States to live, work, and go to school without a visa.
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