Kwajalein
Speech parts
1. Kwajalein - Noun
2. Kwajalein - Proper noun
Meaning
an amphibious assault in the Pacific in World War II (January 1944); American forces landed and captured a Japanese air base
an atoll in the western Marshall Islands that was used as a Japanese air and naval base during World War II
Source: WordNetExamples
For each test a Minuteman missile was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California carrying a single mock re-entry vehicle targeted for Kwajalein lagoon more than convert away.
In just one month in 1944, Americans captured Kwajalein Atoll, Majuro and Enewetak, and, in the next two months, the rest of the Marshall Islands, except for Wotje, Mili, Maloelap and Jaluit.
As an air traffic controller, he was stationed on the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
It flew to Kwajalein on 1 May.
On 31 January 1944, during World War II, American forces landed on Kwajalein atoll and U.S. Marines and Army troops later took control of the islands from the Japanese on February 3, following intense fighting on Kwajalein and Enewetak atolls.
On January 30, 1944, United States troops invaded, but found that Japanese forces had evacuated their fortifications to Kwajalein and Enewetak about a year earlier.