Truk
Proper noun
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Truk
Alternative form of Chuuk
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The 607 islands are grouped into four states, and east to west are: * Yap State * Chuuk State — before 1990 named Truk.
Tokyo Express main Japanese troops load onto a destroyer for a "Tokyo Express" run to Guadalcanal By 23 August, Kawaguchi's 35th Infantry Brigade reached Truk and was loaded onto slow transport ships for the rest of the trip to Guadalcanal.
Yamamoto ordered Nobutake Kondō to assemble another bombardment force using warships from Truk and Abe's force to attack Henderson Field on 15 November.
The battleship force immediately returned to Truk.
The different units began to move towards Guadalcanal via Truk and Rabaul immediately, but Ichiki's regiment, being the closest, arrived in the area first.
The islands are grouped into four states, which are Yap, Chuuk (called Truk until January 1990), Pohnpei (known as "Ponape" until November 1984), and Kosrae (formerly Kusaie).