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PUBLICATIONS:

Micronesia: A Guide through the Centuries. Close Up Foundation, 2000.
http://www.closeup.org

Walter, William J., S.J. (1954) "Home is the Sailor" Jesuit Missions, December issue: 14-15.

Wees, Marshall Paul with Francis Beauchesne Thornton (1952) King-Doctor of Ulith" New York: The MacMillan Company.


IMAGES:

Images from the Trust Territory of the Pacific Archives are available online from the University of Hawai‘i:
http://libweb.hawaii.edu/ttp/ttpi.html

Additional historical images, believed to be official U.S. Navy photographs, are borrowed with permision from
Arnold, Makato, "Ulithi: World War II"
http://www.shsu.edu/~stdbma11/ulithi/index.htm

Additional historical images, believed to be official U.S. Navy photographs, are borrowed with permision from
Phoutrides, Ari "USS Laffey" pages on Ulithi:
http://www.laffey.org/Ulithi/Page%201/Ulithi.htm

Official Navy Photographs from the National Archives of ships etc. can be found on The Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center website:
http://www.history.navy.mil/index.html

Some official U.S. Navy photographs come from Wees, Marshall Paul with Francis Beauchesne Thornton (1952) King-Doctor of Ulith" New York: The MacMillan Company.

Emmett Baker kindly donated some of his personal photographs from his time on Sohl‘loay (Sorlen) during the War. Many of his images, and those of his colleagues, were formerly found on his extensive website. That website is available here as a pdf document.

Hogan's Goat and related images from Fais:
Keck, David (2003) "The Adventures and Experiences of H.G.Turner" 1948 pictures. Courtesy of David Keck.
http://www.angelfire.com/ia2/hgturner/fais1948pictures.htm

Lockheed P-38 Lightning:
Office of History, Human Systems Center, Brooks Air Force Base.
http://www.brooks.af.mil/HSC/HO/ww2plane.html

Drury C. Lee's photographs used with permission. They could be viewed at " Yap Photo Gallery - 1944"
http://www.uoregon.edu/~robertsr/micronesia_zone/yap/yap_lee.html
This link has not been functional recently (2004).

Gremley, Paul "Seabees, South Pacific & The Surrender" Images used with permission:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/index.html?id=4291977189

"Base Development Plan, Asor Island, Ulithi Atoll" Map drawn by 51st N-C-B, March 9, 1945. 1 inch = 200 feet. Courtesy of the Land Resources Office, Yap.

Aerial photograph of the northern reef with Mogmog in the foreground from U.S. Geological Survey Marine and Coastal Geology Program, "Effects of Major Storms on Pacific Islands." Photograph courtesy of Bruce Richmond, U.S. Geological Survey.
http://marine.usgs.gov/fact-sheets/pacificstorms/pacific.html

Except where stated otherwise, all photographs by RDK Herman, Pacific Worlds.


WEBSITES:

Read about the Kaitan (Japanese submarine) attack and the sinking of the USS Mississinewa:
http://www.pacificwrecks.com/provinces/fed_ulithi.html

More information and photographs of the USS Mississinewa can be found at the Naval Historical Center website, "USS Mississinewa (AO-59), 1944-1944"
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/ao59.htm

There are many websites by veterans who served in Ulithi. See those listed above in the "Images" section for some good ones.

 


 

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