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  2. Johnston Atoll - Wikipedia

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    The proposed sale did not include running water, electricity, or activation of the closed runway. The details of the offering were outlined on GSA's website and in a newsletter of the Center for Land Use Interpretation as unusual real estate listing # 6384, Johnston Island. [73] [74] On August 22, 2006, Johnston Island was struck by Hurricane ...

  3. Shelling of Johnston and Palmyra - Wikipedia

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    Johnston became noticeable to the Japanese command because of its location. Although it was too close to Hawaii to be amphibiously assaulted, it was near the major Japanese air base in the Marshall Islands. The executive officer of the 1st Marine Defense Battalion, Major Francis B. Loomis Jr., had arrived on Johnston on December 7, 1941. He had ...

  4. Mako Guard District - Wikipedia

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    The Mako Guard District (馬公警備府, Makō Keibifu) was the major navy base for the Imperial Japanese Navy in Taiwan before and during World War II.Located in Mako , (present-day Makung, Pescadores Islands, Republic of China), the Mako Guard District was responsible for control of the strategic Straits of Taiwan and for patrols along the Taiwan and China coastlines and in the South China

  5. Category:Johnston Atoll - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Johnston Atoll" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. ... Johnston Atoll virus; Johnston Island Air Force Base; K. USCGC ...

  6. Johnston Island Air Force Base - Wikipedia

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    In February 1941, the United States designated Johnston Atoll a Naval Defensive Sea Area and Airspace Reservation. In September 1941, construction of an airfield on Johnston Island commenced. A 4,000-by-500-foot (1,219 by 152 m) runway was built together with two 400-man barracks, two mess halls, a cold-storage building, an underground hospital ...

  7. Where exactly is NC setting of ‘Where the Crawdads ... - AOL

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    The Wilmington area, sitting about two hours and 15 minutes away from Greenville, is likely too far away and too large of a city to be the real-life version of Barkley Cove.

  8. Brown Avenue Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Brown Avenue Historic District is a rural historic district in Johnston, Rhode Island, USA.The district encompasses a rural and agricultural landscape centered on a 1-mile (1.6 km) stretch in the midsection of Brown Avenue, which runs between Hartford Avenue (United States Route 6) and Greenville Avenue (Rhode Island Route 5).

  9. Daniel Angell House - Wikipedia

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    The Daniel Angell House is a historic house at 15 Dean Avenue in Johnston, Rhode Island, United States. The oldest portion of this 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure was built c. 1725, although it was long attributed to Daniel Angell (1744-1810). The house has an irregular front facade, seven bays wide, with two doors occupying the third ...