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	Morotai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Morotai Island (695 sq mi/1,800 km²) is an island located in the Halmahera group of eastern Indonesia's Maluku Islands (Moluccas).
		During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, Morotai was generally within the sphere of influence of the powerful sultanate on the island of Ternate.
		The Muslim states on Ternate and Halmahera resented the outpost for its proselytising activities, and managed to drive the mission from the island in 1571, as a part of a larger Portuguese retreat in the region.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Morotai (302 words)

	Morotai 1944-45 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Morotai is located in what was then the Dutch East Indies and is part of the Halmahera Group.
		In the period shown the RAAF duties were mostly mopping up pockets of Japanese resistence on Morotai Island, McArthur having decided only US forces were to have the glory of liberating the Philippines.
		Morotai was captured in mid September 1944 and it's parallel airstrips Wama and Pitoe were used by Kittyhawks, Spitfires, Beaufighters, Beauforts, Bostons, Mosquitoes and other aircraft.
	www.oldcmp.net /morotai_1.html (239 words)

	03_TWWW-Tillery Page 2
		Morotai was purposely not bombed, mapped or scouted, causing the Japs to assume that we had no interest in it.
		Our camp area on Morotai quickly acquired the name “Nightmare Hill.” I suppose this came about because enemy bombers seemed to guide off of it in their almost nightly raids that were mostly aimed at the air strip, a short distance from us.
		Morotai is a very small island and we only took part of it, thus everything was nearby.
	www.kilroywashere.org /003-Pages/Tillery-Paul/03-Harm-Tillery-2.html (5397 words)

	Morotai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It was on Morotai that the trend began that later typified all 136th actions.
		It was that way in the Morotai wilderness and followed an identical pattern on the Kennon Road and Skyline Ridge when the battalion fought on Luzon.
		GHQ therefore decided to postpone publication of the Second Battle for Morotai until the Division was engaged in a major campaign.
	www.33rdinfantrydivision.org /bookchapters/morotai.htm (4746 words)

	PT Boats, Inc.- Action Report - Into Action, Southwest Pacific – Return to the Philippines
		Morotai, an egg-shaped island some 40 miles long, is separated by 12 miles of water from the northernmost tip of Halmahera, and lied roughly halfway between Cape Sansapor in New Guinea and Davao Gulf in Mindanao, southernmost of the Philippines.
		Seizure of a base on Halmahera or Morotai was considered necessary to provide land-based air support and flank protection for invasion of the Philippines, which was to begin with landings on Mindanao.
		The Morotai Task Force, under the command of Rear Adm. Daniel E. Barbey, landed on the southwestern shore of the island on September 15, 1944.
	www.ptboats.org /20-07-05-reports-007.html (1135 words)

	5ACSMOROTAI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It was announced in the New Year of 1945 that we would be moving to Morotai to stage while the convoys formed for action in Borneo, when Australian forces of the three services would combine for the first time under the Australian 9th Division Command.
		NTO Morotai Island in the Halmaheras went the RAAF with the US infantry as at HOLLANDIA, WAKDE, and Noemfoor, the RAAF was, represented by a works unit.
		Morotai is only 300 miles by air, from Mindanao in the Philippines.
	www.homestead.com /raafacs/5ACSMOROTAI.html (281 words)

	LJI - The Chattering Lori (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On Morotai, we find no birds with a lot of yellow or no yellow at all.
		The problem is that the Morotai Lori cannot be distinguished from a cross between the Chattering Lori and the Yellow-backed Lori.
		As is obvious from the description, it is difficult to differentiate the morotai subspecies from cross bred subspecies types.
	www.parrotsociety.org.au /clubs/lji/articles/ljiart08.htm (839 words)

	Morotai 2
		He told me a nice story on Morotai; According to some people in the mountains there are still two Japanese soldiers wandering around, one of them with only one leg.
		He had been hiding in the mountains of Morotai for 28 years, still thinking the war was going on.
		Morotai at this time was an overnight stop for aircraft travelling between Australia and Japan and vice versa.
	www.geocities.com /TheTropics/Cove/2383/morotai2.htm (1701 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Indonesian island hit by quake
		Morotai lies about 2,500 kilometres (1,550 miles) northeast of Jakarta, the capital.
		An official at the meteorology office in the North Maluku provincial capital of Ternate said all the damaged homes were in the Bere-bere district in the north of Morotai.
		Correspondents said the island could not be reached by telephone and officials were getting reports from the military in Morotai by radio.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/2939556.stm (200 words)

	Morotai (Moratai) Island
		At the later stage of the war, the Allied had more planes than they needed, so damaged ones were abandoned due to lack of repair facilities or motivation to repair them were abandoned at Morotai.
		End of the war surrender by Japanese forces in the area occured on September 9, 1945, before an assembly of more than 10,000 Australian and allied troops the Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Military Forces (General Sir Thomas Blamey) accepted the formal surrender of all Japanese in the eastern half of the Netherlands East Indies.
		The only aircraft now at Morotai is a wrecked Harvard at the airport (which is off limits to tourists).
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/irian_moratai.html (678 words)

	[No title]
		Subject: Morotai Landing Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 This is one version of Morotai Landing.
		Morotai was a small Island, about 25 by 35 miles in area, in the Netherlands East Indies - at least it was when I was there.
		It was a beautiful island, and across the straits on Halmahera was a volcano that smoked all the time and caused some of the most beautiful sunsets I ever saw.
	home.pcisys.net /~pwebber/31_id/text/morotai_1_deas.txt (1424 words)

	03_TWWW-TilleryAlbum
		They are full size and of a resolution as high as your monitor can view so be patient while they load.
		Morotai is a small island and we only took a small part of it so there wasn't very far to go in a vehicle.
		I can't recall for sure whether the land area is Morotai or Mindanao but I believe it is Mindanao.
	www.kilroywashere.org /003-Pages/Tillery-Paul/03-Harm-TilleryAlbum.html (532 words)

	MER-C News: Jailolo dan Morotai Bergejolak Lagi, Enam Tewas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bentrok di Morotai Utara dan pembakaran rumah ibadah di desa Tedeng Kecamatan Jailolo itu, telah berhasil dihalau aparat keamanan dari batalyon 401 Diponegoro yang ditugaskan untuk memulihkan konflik SARA di kawasan Halmahera Barat itu.
		Untuk Wilayah Morotai Selatan sudah relatif aman, tambahnya.
		Camat Morotai Utara Ali Dano Yusuf BA, melaporkan, penyerangan 27 Maret pekan itu dilakukan ratusan warga (kelompok merah) kepada warga Muslim di desa Berebere.
	www.mer-c.org /mc/ina/news/2002/nw_jailolo_0302.htm (569 words)

	[No title]
		The Morotai Mentat reads the plan, notes that no other non-player props are affected, and decides the following after consulting with his faction head.
		After those two RL months have passed, the Morotai Mentat writes: From your sources within House Morotai, you learn that the Royal Family typically are not guarded within the confines of the estate, save for the Count, who always, outside of personal quarters, has a shadow bodyguard.
		The Morotai Mentat combines the above to sections (his decisions and report to the Mentat) and sends it to dune3-mentats@fremen.org for archiving.
	www.dune3.net /guides/mentat.txt (1686 words)

	Kabupaten Halmahera Utara - Rabu, 04 Februari 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Salah satu wilayahnya, Pulau Morotai, menjadi saksi bisu dalam pertempuran antara tentara Jepang dan sekutu yang dikomandani Amerika Serikat.
		Bagi penggemar olahraga selam, Pulau Morotai memiliki taman laut yang indah untuk dinikmati.
		Kecamatan Morotai Selatan, Malifut, dan Kao merupakan produsen terbesar di Halmahera Utara.
	www.kompas.co.id /kompas-cetak/0402/04/otonomi/835505.htm (813 words)

	Pinto (AT-90) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On 10 November Pinto, with a floating drydock section in tow, got underway for Panama, whence she proceeded across the Pacific to Bora Bora, Society Islands to join the 7th Fleet.
		On 4 June, Pinto departed Morotai as part of TG 76.20 for the amphibious assault on Brunei Bay, British North Borneo.
		She remained as salvage tug on station in Victoria Harbor until 2 July when she returned to the Philippine Islands for towing assignments.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/auxil/at90.htm (342 words)

	USS Fletcher DD-445, Morotai Bombardment, September 15, 1944 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		USS Fletcher DD-445, Morotai Bombardment, September 15, 1944
		This vessel in company with units of Task Force 77 conducted a bombardment of an assigned area in preparation for the landing of U.S. troops at Red Beach near Pitoe Airstrip, Morotai Island from 0735 to 0750, zone minus 9 time, September 15, 1944.
		Proceeded north to Rao Island then on course 340°(T) until contact was made with USS TAYLOR at Longitude 128-00.5 E, Latitude 02-38 N. Result of search was negative and returned to patrol station in APA area.
	www.ussfletcher.org /morotai.html (1990 words)

	5th AAF, November, 1944
		The 17th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 4th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), arrives on Morotai Island from Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands with B-25s and F-5s (detachments are operating from Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands and Sansapor, New Guinea).
		The ground echelons of the 35th and 36th Fighter Squadrons, 8th Fighter Group, move from Morotai Island to Dulag, Leyte Island (air echelon continues to operate P-38s from Morotai).
		The detachment of the 419th Night Fighter Squadron, XIII Fighter Command, operating from Noemfoor Island moves to Morotai Island with P-61s (squadron is based on Middleburg Island).
	www.kensmen.com /nov44.html (2235 words)

	DANFS: USS Charrette (DD-581)
		The hand grenades were deemed advisable in the event of trouble if the vessel was taken prize and the barbed wire to considered valuable for establishing control lanes on board.
		It is earnestly believed that some sort of a revolt would have resulted had it been necessary to depart Morotai immediately, without the opportunity of ridding the ship of Japanese while a thorough search was conducted.
		Surprise and seasickness had worn off the troops; our own men were tired; and ample arms were actually available in the alleged wards to have necessitated drastic action from the convoying destroyers, with the probable attendant loss of most of our prize crewmen on board.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/DD/dd581-action.html (2797 words)

	Combat Chronicle- 31st Infantry Division
		In mid-August the Division began to stage for the Morotai operation, leaving Aitape and Maffin Bay, 11 September 1944.
		The Division made an assault landing on Morotai, 15 September 1944, meeting only light opposition.
		During the occupation of Morotai, elements of the Division seized Mapia, 15-17 September, and waded ashore on the Asia islands, 19-20 September, only to find the Japanese had already evacuated.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/lineage/cc/031id.htm (420 words)

	5th AAF, October 1944
		In New Guinea, the 17th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 4th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), enroute from Guadalcanal Island to Morotai Island, sends a detachment to operate from Sansapor with F-5s (other detachments are at Bougainville and Noemfoor Islands).
		HQ 5th Bombardment Group (Heavy) and the 23d and 31st Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy) move from Noemfoor Island, New Guinea to Morotai Island with B-24s.
		In New Guinea, the detachment of the 17th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 4th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), ceases operating from Noemfoor Island with F-5s (the ground echelon is enroute from Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands to Morotai Island and other detachment are operating from Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands and Sansapor, New Guinea).
	www.kensmen.com /oct44.html (2333 words)

	Shelton
		Shelton was then assigned as a unit in the screen for Task Force (TF) 57 composed of five carriers and routed to Seeadler Harbor, Admiralty Island.
		After arriving there on 13 August, Shelton operated in the area until the following month when she was assigned to the Morotai Attack Force (TF 77).
		Shelton was still off Morotai on 3 October in the screen for Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70) and Midway (CVE-63) when they were attacked by the Japanese submarine RO-41.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/s11/shelton-i.htm (404 words)

	VirtualTourist.com - RoyJava's Album - MOROTAI
		Just off Halmahera's northern arm (north of the Moluccas), Morotai was an important airbase during World War II, first for the Allies and later for the Japanese.
		And just know from tellings that Morotai is named the "Paradise island of palms".
		My mom told the Morotai-people do believe that these palm-trees never let loose their fruits when babies, children or any other innocent humans play under their leafy branches.
	www.virtualtourist.com /m/tt/52045 (206 words)

	The Jungle Air Force - History Page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The 370th BS moves to Morotai and ends operations out of Noemfoor.
		One detachment of the 419th NFS starts operations from Morotai.
		One detachment of the 419th NFS ends operations from Morotai.
	www.enter.net /~rocketeer/13thhist2.html (1740 words)

	Oak Hill
		For the next two months she carried reinforcements from New Guinea to Leyte and then, on Christmas Day, arrived at Morotai to prepare for the Lingayen Gulf offensive.
		On the 9th she dispatched LCTs and LCVPs to the Luzon beachhead, then withdrew to Leyte to begin ferrying reinforcements from there, and from Morotai, to the assault area.
		Sailing to the Solomons on 2 February, Oak Hill rehearsed with units of the 1st Marine Division for her next operation, the Okinawa campaign.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/o1/oak_hill.htm (451 words)

	124th Infantry Regimental Headquarters Staff in WW II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This picture was taken in late February 1945, or early March 1945, on Morotai, NEI [Netherlands East Indies] before we went to the Philippines.
		He was still a Major and had just been transferred to C.O. of 1st Battalion, and Lacedonia had just come in to take over for Koonce as S4.
		Wilbur Koonce was my roommate on Morotai until he was promoted and took over the 1st Battalion.
	home.pcisys.net /~pwebber/31_id/124_reg_hq.htm (324 words)

	DD-479 DANFS
		She joined TF 77 at Aitape and, on 10 September, sortied with that task force for Morotai.
		Upon her arrival back at Morotai, Stevens began patrolling as radar and antisubmarine picket off Kaoe Bay and serving on night patrol south of Morotai.
		Stevens remained in the vicinity of Morotai from 23 September until 3 October.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/destroy/dd479txt.htm (2145 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The plan was for Pacific Ocean Areas forces to land on Peleliu Island in the Palau group on 15 September, simultaneously with a landing on Morotai by Southwest Pacific forces.
		Landings on Morotai Occupation of the southern part of Morotai Island was carried out by the Southwest Pacific forces of General of the Army MacArthur to establish air, air warning and minor naval facilities.
		Practically no enemy opposition was encountered, and personnel casualties were light; difficulty was experienced, however, in beaching and unloading, due to coral heads and depressions in the reef adjacent to the landing areas.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/academic/history/marshall/military/wwii/CNO.reports/report_2.txt (22214 words)

	Sahrk Attack! RAAF Spitfire Mk.VIII in the Pacific War Decal Review by Rodger Kelly (Image Aeroworks 1/48)
		Camouflage is the standard RAF temperate scheme of dark green and ocean grey and upper surfaces over medium sea grey lower surfaces.
		As was the privilege of a Wing Commander, the aircraft bears his initials (RG) as the aircraft code.
		Tactical Air Force, RAAF at Morotai, and Labuan in Borneo in 1945.
	decals.kitreview.com /decals/sharkattackdecalreviewrk_1.htm (2098 words)

	No. 1 Air Support Unit RAAF, in Australia during WW2
		The journey to Morotai in the fled out hold of the Liberty Ship was very unpleasant and their first night at sea was very rough.
		Several of his unit were sent back to Australia on leave around May 1944 and after a very short leave they assembled at No. 3 Embarkation Unit at the Melbourne Cricket Ground before moving to Strathpine Queensland to form a new wireless unit to be known as No. 1 Air Support Unit.
		After some embarkation leave at home they embarked from Hamilton Wharf in the Brisbane River in a Liberty Ship to Morotai on the 10 June 1945.
	www.ozatwar.com /raaf/no1airsupportunit.htm (366 words)

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