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Definition of Kwajalein
1. Noun. An atoll in the western Marshall Islands that was used as a Japanese air and naval base during World War II.
2. Noun. An amphibious assault in the Pacific in World War II (January 1944); American forces landed and captured a Japanese air base.
Group relationships: Second World War, World War 2, World War Ii
Definition of Kwajalein
1. Proper noun. Kwajalein atoll. ¹
2. Proper noun. Kwajalein island, Kwajalein atoll. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Kwajalein
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. High Road to Tokyo Bay: The Aaf in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater by Daniel Haulman (1993)
"After the Seventh Air Force set up heavy bomber bases on kwajalein in March ...
Using Eniwetok, a Marshall atoll northwest of kwajalein, as a staging base, ..."
2. The Roswell Report: Fact Vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert by Richard L. Weaver (1997)
"At kwajalein a wind-break was constructed through the courtesy of the island ...
Prior to the actual test on kwajalein on X-day (15 April 1948) two ..."
3. Across the Reef: The Amphibious Tracked Vehicle at War by Victor J. Croizat (2001)
"The 120-square mile Majuro atoll, some 220 miles southeast of kwajalein, ...
The Japanese on kwajalein were believed to number from eight to ten thousand ..."