Wotje Atoll
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Wotje Atoll is a coral atoll of 75 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district of the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands.
NASA picture of Erikub and Wotje Atolls
Wotje Atoll, Feb 1942
The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was a United Nations trust territory in Micronesia administered by the United States from 1947 to 1994. The Imperial Japanese South Seas Mandate had been sei
Wotje Atoll
…Japan, only 1244 men of the garrison remained alive. Following the end of World War II, Wotje came under the control of the United States as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands until the independence of the Marshall Islands in 1986. Many World War II artifacts remain on the main island of Wotje, including a large concrete…
Arrival of UN Visiting Mission, Majuro, 1978. The sign reads, "Please release us from the bondage of your trusteeship agreement."