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  • Scientists affiliated with Earthwatch have uncovered signs of an oil leak in Chuuk (formerly known as Truk) Lagoon, a popular dive destination in Micronesia.

    Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2008

  • Chuuk, an island area formerly known as 'Truk', is part of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), found in the central Caroline Islands of the Western Pacific.

    Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2008

  • But tomorrow Tako Truk returns — for one day only.

    Tako Truk’s One-Day-Only Revival « PubliCola 2010

  • Tako Truk, along with Two Beers Brewing Company, is hosting a benefit with 100% of proceeds going toward sending ShelterBoxes to Haiti.

    Tako Truk’s One-Day-Only Revival « PubliCola 2010

  • Tako Truk hummed along all summer before going into hibernation in late September.

    Tako Truk’s One-Day-Only Revival « PubliCola 2010

  • A decade ago he led a group of divers to explore the Japanese fleet at the bottom of Truk Lagoon.

    The Man Who Defined Deviancy Up Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011

  • After a practice mission to Truk, McElroy realized that he might be unable to stand fifteen-hour homeland missions but he refused to be put off by Tokyo Rose.

    Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

  • On October 27, the 497th and 498th Groups launched eighteen bombers on a “local” warm-up mission to Truk Atoll in the Carolines, 600 miles southeast of Saipan.

    Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

  • On October 27, the 497th and 498th Groups launched eighteen bombers on a “local” warm-up mission to Truk Atoll in the Carolines, 600 miles southeast of Saipan.

    Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

  • Moreover, it was one day short of a year since his last combat: the frantic hassle over Truk Atoll in February 1944.

    Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

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