Truk Islands

British

/ trʌk /

plural noun

a group of islands in the W Pacific, in the E Caroline Islands: administratively part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947; became self-governing in 1979 as part of the Federated States of Micronesia; consists of 11 chief islands; a major Japanese naval base during World War II. Pop: 53 381 (2006). Area: 130 sq km (50 sq miles)

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A few days after Pearl Harbor, Hudson bombers manned by Australian crews had lumbered through the cottony skies to take photographs of the Truk Islands.

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