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Jaluit

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Jaluit (jä`lĭt), atoll, c.40 mi (60 km) long and c.20 mi (30 km) wide, central Pacific, one of the Ralik Chain in the U.S. Marshall Islands Marshall Islands, officially Republic of the Marshall Islands, independent nation (2005 est. pop. 59,000), in the central Pacific. The Marshalls extend over a 700-mi (1,130-km) area and comprise two major groups: the Ratak Chain in the east, and the Ralik Chain in
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. It comprises some 85 islets, of which Jaluit Island (4 sq mi/10.4 sq km) is the largest. In World War II it was the headquarters of the Japanese admiralty for the Marshall Islands. U.S. forces captured the atoll in 1944. Jaluit is a seaport and trade center for the Marshalls.


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While they were in the Marshall Islands, the group interviewed Paul Arimon, the brother of one islander, a medical assistant named Bilamon Arimon, who claimed to have given first aid to Noonan when he and Earhart were brought into the harbor at Jaluit Atoll island.
 
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