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	Marshall Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) is a Micronesian island nation in the western Pacific Ocean, located north of Nauru and Kiribati, east of the Federated States of Micronesia and south of the U.S. territory of Wake Island.
		Spanish explorer Alonso de Salazar was the first European to sight the Marshalls, but the islands remained virtually unvisited by Europeans for several more centuries, before being visited by English captain John Marshall in 1788; the islands owe their name to him.
		In 1979 the Republic of the Marshall Islands was established and a Compact of Free Association with the U.S. government was signed, becoming effective in 1986.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marshall_Islands (812 words)

	History of the Marshall Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Marshall Islands were claimed by Spain in 1874.
		On May 1, 1979, in recognition of the evolving political status of the Marshall Islands, the United States recognized the constitution of the Marshall Islands and the establishment of the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
		The islands signed a compact of association with the US in 1986 and up to 1999 the islanders received US $180M for continued American use of Kwajalein atoll, US $250M in compensation for nuclear testing, and $600m in other payments under the compact.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_the_Marshall_Islands (443 words)

	The Marshall Islands: A Brief History
		The Marshall Islands, the easternmost islands of Micronesia, are coral caps set on the rims of submerged volcanoes rising from the floor of the Pacific Ocean.
		The Marshalls were seized by the Japanese in 1914 and, in 1920, along with other islands in the region, the Marshall Islands became a League of Nations Mandate administered by Japan.
		The Marshall Islands of Bikini and Enewetak ultimately were the site of sixty-six confirmed nuclear test explosions between 1946 and 1958, events which remain a vivid and tragic memory for the Marshallese people, many of whom were involuntarily relocated from their native homes to which they have since been unable to return.
	www.unicover.com /OPUBA565.HTM (2254 words)

	Marshall Islands - Gurupedia
		Spanish explorer Alonso de Salazar was the first European to sight the Marshalls, but the islands remained virtually unvisited for several more centuries, before being visited by English captain John Marshall in 1788; the islands owe their name to him.
		United States invaded the islands (1944), and they were added to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
		In 1979 the Republic of the Marshall Islands was established and a Compact of Free Association with the American government was signed, becoming effective in 1986.
	www.gurupedia.com /m/ma/marshall_islands.htm (542 words)

	Marshall Islands
		All the islands have glorious white sandy beaches, tall palms and are lapped by crystal clear waters.
		The Republic of the Marshall Islands was first settled in about 1,000 BC by people of Mayo/Polynesian stock.
		The Marshall's climate is tropical with the average temperature 27 degrees C. and there is less than a 12 degree daily variation.
	www.janeresture.com /marshalls/marshalls.htm (997 words)

	Marshall Islands History & Marshall Islands Culture \| iExplore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 1914, upon the outbreak of World War I, the islands were occupied by the Japanese; their takeover was recognized in 1920, by a ‘mandate to administer’ issued by the League of Nations (forerunner of the United Nations).
		In 1947 the Marshall Islands were incorporated by the United Nations into its Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and placed under US administration – initially the US Navy, then from 1951, a civilian administration.
		However, in April 2002 the Marshall Islands were one of seven countries ‘named and shamed’ by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, which has spearheaded a global assault on money-laundering, for their failure to tackle the issue.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Marshall+Islands/History (830 words)

	History (from Marshall Islands) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		The Marshalls are composed of two parallel chains of coral atolls—the Ratak, or Sunrise, to the east, and the Ralik, or Sunset, to the west.
		The Marshall Islands' nearest neighbors are Wake Island to the north, Kiribati and Nauru to the south, and the Federated States of Micronesia to the west.
		History is a science—a branch of knowledge that uses specific methods and tools to achieve its goals.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-229204?tocId=229204&ct= (843 words)

	Marshall Islands Country Guide - History and Government - World Travel Guide Provided By Columbus Travel Publishing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		History: The Marshall Islands were first sighted by European explorers, including Magellan, in the early 1500s.
		In 1914, upon the outbreak of World War I, the islands were occupied by the Japanese; their takeover was recognised in 1920, by a ‘mandate to administer’ issued by the League of Nations (forerunner of the United Nations).
		The islands were then captured by US forces, during the course of the World War II Pacific campaign, in 1944.
	www.worldtravelguide.net /data/mnq/mnq580.asp (616 words)

	A short history of the Marshall Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Spanish explorer de Saavedra lands on the present-day Marshall Islands in 1529.
		In 1885 the islands become a German protectorate and is formally purchased from Spain in 1899.
		In 1979 the Marshall Islands are granted autonomy.
	www.electionworld.org /history/marshall.htm (201 words)

	Kwajalein Control Facility - Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands
		The history of the Marshall Islands dates back to about 4000 to 2000 BC, when it is assumed, the Marshallese migrated from The Philippines, Malaysia, New Guinea, and other islands.
		Spain was thought to have owned the Marshall Islands In 1525, a Spaniard by the name of Alonso de Salazar, was the first European to sight one of the islands.
		The Germans annexed the Marshall Islands and island affairs were left to a group of powerful German trading companies.
	www.angelfire.com /hi2/kwa/0his.html (360 words)

	Marshall Islands Chronology
		The representative is responsible for the radiological safety of the local population in the populated islands near the PPG and members of the task force.
		The Marshall Islands legislature addresses a resolution to President Johnson on the poor living conditions on Ujelang and requests that a date be set for the return of the Enewetak people to their atoll.
		A physician from BNL is stationed in the Marshall Islands as a resident physician.
	worf.eh.doe.gov /ihp/chron (12331 words)

	Complete Listing of Marshall Islands Postal Service Issues
		Marshall Islands issues are available through stamp dealers throughout the world.
		The Marshall Islands launched its History of World War II commemorative series on September 1, 1989, with a single stamp marking the Invasion of Poland.
		The History of World War II is a factual and instructive series of stamps portraying "the tragedy and futility of war and thereby making a dramatic and enduring peace statement." At the same time, it was a tribute "to human courage and the quest for freedom."
	www.unicover.com /infp_rms.htm (1163 words)

	Marshall Islands
		The Marshall Islands, east of the Carolines, are divided into two chains: the western, or Ralik, group, including the atolls Jaluit, Kwajalein, Wotho, Bikini, and Eniwetok; and the eastern, or Ratak, group, including the atolls Mili, Majuro, Maloelap, Wotje, and Likiep.
		The Marshall Islands were admitted to the UN on Sept. 17, 1991.
		In 2003, the U.S. and the Marshall Islands agreed on a new Compact of Free Association, an extension of the lease to use the Kwajalein military base in exchange for economic aid.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107767.html (529 words)

	Marshall Islands
		College of the Marshall Islands is two year college located on Majuro.
		RMI Online is the "official site of the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands" and provides detailed information on various aspects of the country including official government statements.
		Marshall Islands Chronology reviews the history of the Marshall Islands from 1944 to 1990 and provides a bibliography or sources used to compile this document.
	w2.byuh.edu /academics/pacislands/micro/marshall.html (327 words)

	Country Profile of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Together, Marshall and Gilbert traded with the islanders and mapped the atolls of Arno, Majuro, Aur, Maloelap, Wotje, Erikub, and Ailuk.
		The Marshalls were eventually declared a German protectorate in 1885 with headquarters on Jaluit Atoll.
		The Navy immediately governed the Marshalls and in 1947 the islands were given to the US as a UN strategic Trust.
	www.un.int /marshall-islands/country_profile.html (699 words)

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		On Kwajalein and immediately adjoining islands, it was thought that there were 3,500 to 4,200 combatants plus 1,200 to 1,600 laborers, the total on both of the principal objectives of the atoll probably not in excess of 7,100.
		Landing of the artillery on the adjoining islands to the south began in the afternoon, was carried out through the night and by the morning of D-day plus 1 all batteries had registered on their respective targets on Roi-Namur.
		As soon as the islands had been secured it was planned that the LVT's should immediately retract, pick up other troops in the LST area outside the reef and returning through Ennuebing Pass proceed across the north end of the lagoon to capture Ennubirr and Ennumennet Islands.
	www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/usmchist/island.txt (21426 words)

	AllRefer.com - Marshall Islands : History (Pacific Islands Political Geography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Some of the islands were visited by Spanish explorers in the early 16th cent.
		In World War II the islands were taken by U.S. forces (1943–44); they were included in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in 1947.
		The Marshalls became (1979) self-governing under U.S. military protection and achieved free-association status in 1986.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/MarshalIs-history.html (324 words)

	Flag Of Marshall Islands Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The flag of the Marshall Islands, an island nation in the Pacific, was adopted upon the start of self-governance, May 1, 1979.
		The Marshall Islands were part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands administered by the United States, from which the Marshall Islands and Micronesia split.
		In common with other island nations in the region, this flag features the symbolic representation of the islands' place within the ocean.
	www.thelocalcolorartgallery.com /encyclopedia/Flag_of_Marshall_Islands (392 words)

	History of the Marshall Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 1947, the United States, as the occupying power, entered into an agreement with the UN Security Council to administer Micronesia, including the Marshall Islands, as the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
		After almost four decades under United States administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association.
		The Marshall Islands hosts the United States Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) Reagan Missile Test Site, a key installation in the United States missile defense network.
	infotut.com /geography/Marshall-Islands (322 words)

	Marshall Islands map and information page by World Atlas
		For almost 40 years the islands were under U.S. administration as the easternmost part of the United Nation's Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
		The Marshall Islands include the Ratak (sunrise chain) and Ralik (sunset chain), two parallel chains of 29 coral atolls, thousands of tiny islets, and hundreds of very small low-lying islands, all scattered over a wide area of the Pacific Ocean.
		The clear-blue waters surrounding the Marshall Islands boasts of over 800 species of fish and 160 species of coral.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/oceania/mh.htm (547 words)

	Marshall Islands -> History on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In World War II the islands were taken by U.S. forces (1943-44); they were included in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in 1947.
		An amended compact of free association, extending the defense relationship with the United States and the lease on the U.S. base on Kwajalein, was signed in 2003.
		Debbie Marshall and her husband Jack Marshall of Bellingham, Massachusetts.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/marshalis_history.asp (491 words)

	A Virtual Travel to Marshall Islands
		The Marshall Islands consists of 29 atolls and 5 individual islands totaling about 1,225 islands and 870 reef systems scattered over 750,000 square miles of the Central Pacific.
		After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association.
		Marshall Islands portal site with news and views related to the region.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/marshall_islands.htm (427 words)

	Marshall_Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Although English is an official language and is spoken widely, Marshallese is used by the government.
		Japanese is also widely spoken in many areas of Marshall Islands.
		Marshall Islands embassy to the US - information on Marshall Islands (http://www.rmiembassyus.org/)
	www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Marshall_Islands (675 words)

	Marshall Islands
		Japan took over in 1914 and colonized the Marshalls extensively, with the Navy developing some of the atolls in large bases, The first Micronesian islands liberated by the Americans in WWII was Kwajalein Atoll in 1944.
		At the end of the war, 28 Japanese officers and enlisted men stood trial for war crimes in the Marshalls.
		Many of the locations and islands are either off limits, or accessible to only those living on the islands.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/marshall.html (220 words)

	Rongelap Atoll Marshall Islands History Overview
		In February of 1957, families were allowed to return to Rongelap where they stayed until a 2nd evacuation of the islanders in 1985.
		They resettled on Mejatto Island on the Kwajalein Atoll waiting for the time when they could safely return to their homeland.
		Interior secretary Bruce Babbitt was joined by the Major of Rongelap, James Matayoshi, Marshall Islands Ambassador to the United States, Banny de Brum, United States Ambassador to the Marshall Islands, Joan Plaisted, and members of the Rongelap government Council.
	www.visitrongelap.com /Facts/history_overview.htm (229 words)

	History of Marshall Islands
		The islands were claimed by Spain in 1874.
		Marshall Islands, the United States recognized the constitution of the
		Marshall Islands and the establishment of the Government of the
	www.muchofun.com /history/marshall_islands_history.html (187 words)

	Marshall Islands
		Resources on the Marshall Islands - Environment, economy, culture and history of the Marshall Islands.
		Resources on the Marshall Islands - Provides in-depth information of the environment, culture and history of the Islands.
		UN System-Wide Earthwatch: Marshall Islands - Environmental information and statistics, including details for individual islands in the group.
	www.supercrawler.com /Regional/Oceania/Marshall_Islands (136 words)

	WHKMLA : History of the Marshall Islands, 1885-1914
		The Marshall Islands, consisting of the Batak Group in the east and the Ralik Group in the west, overall 353 islands, have an area of aboyt 400 square km surface.
		In 1914, early in World War I, the Marshall Islands were occupied by Japanese forces.
		Taxation in the German Marshall Islands, essay by Dirk H.R. Spennemann
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/pacific/marshallisl18851914.html (430 words)

	WHKMLA : History of the Marshall Islands, ToC
		Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Marshall Islands, from Kirken i Norge
		Republic of the Marshall Islands, by Jane Resture
		The Marshall Islands, An Electronic Library and Archive, from Charles Sturt Univ.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/pacific/xmarshall.html (185 words)

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