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Woleai
Woleai (Woleaian: Weleya), also known as Oleai, is a coral atoll of 22 islands in the western Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean, forming a legislative district in the Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia, and located approximately 57 kilometers (35 mi; 31 nmi) west-northwest of Ifalik and 108 kilometers (67 mi; 58 nmi) northeast of Eauripik.
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Woleai (Woleaian: Weleya), also known as Oleai, is a coral atoll of 22 islands in the western Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean, forming a legislative district in the Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia, and located approximately 57 kilometers (35 mi; 31 nmi) west-northwest of Ifalik and 108 kilometers (67 mi; 58 nmi) northeast of Eauripik. Woleai is also the name of the largest of the islets constituting the atoll, lying to the northeast. The population of the atoll was 1,081 in 2000, on an area of 4.5 km2.
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The Japanese airfield on Woleai Island (Falalap) under attack by U.S. Navy Task Force 58 planes, on 1 April 1944.
Strike photograph of Woleai Island (Falalap) taken by U.S. Navy Grumman TBF-1 Avenger aircraft from Torpedo Squadron VT-10, 1 Apri 1944. VT-10 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 10 (CVG-10) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6).
Air Group Commander Andrew Jackson, U.S. Navy / Public domain
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology / No restrictions
ウォレアイ島の現地人の服装（1931年出版の本より）
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- Japanese airfield on Woleai Island under attack by U.S. Navy Task Force 58 planes, on 1 April 1944 (80-G-45318). Unknown author / Public domain
- US, RAAF and JASDF launch Operation Christmas Drop 2015 151213-F-PJ403-116. Senior Airman Joshua Smoot / Public domain
- Hagupit 2014-12-02 0530Z. JMA / CC BY 4.0
- US, RAAF and JASDF launch Operation Christmas Drop 2015 151213-F-PJ403-188. Senior Airman Joshua Smoot / Public domain
- Woleai Island under attack on 1 April 1944 (NNAM.2007.084.001.036). U.S. Navy (The photo is part of a scrapbook assembled by CDR William H. Balden, USNR, documenting his World War II servi / Public domain
- USS Harder (SS-257) rescueing pilot at Woleai 1944. Air Group Commander Andrew Jackson, U.S. Navy / Public domain
- Bulletin (1960) (20239045219). Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology / No restrictions
- How the locals dress in Woleai Atoll (from a book Published in 1931) P.283. Unknown authorUnknown author / Public domain