eniwetok in English

noun
1
an uninhabited island in the North Pacific Ocean, one of the Marshall Islands. After its population was evacuated, it was used by the US as a testing ground for atom bombs 1948–54.

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1. Strikes on Pagan Island preceded a brief upkeep at Eniwetok.

2. Hogan sailed from Eniwetok on 10 June to make preliminary sweeps of Saipan for the invasion to come.

3. Two weeks later, Louisville led the gunfire support group into action at Eniwetok, which fell on 22 February.

4. She got underway on 29 May for Eniwetok, the staging area for the invasion of the Marianas.

5. The next morning, she began seizing the remaining islands west of the main island of Eniwetok.

6. The following day she participated in the bombardment of Chichi Jima, and then set course for Eniwetok.

7. She made two trips bringing troops from Hawaii in October, and two more in November and December from Eniwetok and Okinawa.

8. Bryant returned to Eniwetok Atoll on 5 August and settled in alongside Piedmont for 10 days of engineering repairs.

9. Steaming back to Kwajalein on 26 February, Aylwin patrolled off Eniwetok and Majuro through mid-March as mop-up operations continued at those places.

10. Mustin left Okinawa on 28 May for Guam, Pearl Harbor, Eniwetok, and San Pedro, arriving on 18 June for a yard overhaul and alterations.

11. The cruiser made a voyage from Japan to Eniwetok, then loaded homeward bound servicemen at Yokosuka on 13 October, bringing them into San Francisco Bay on 28 November.

12. Capricornus made two voyages to carry cargo between San Pedro, Calif., and Hilo, Hawaii, from 22 July to 19 August 1944, then sailed by way of Eniwetok and Manus for the invasion of Leyte

13. After overhaul and training on the west coast, Cotten sailed by way of Pearl Harbor for the raid on Wake Island of 6 August, called at Eniwetok and Guam, and anchored in Tokyo Bay 3 September.