From Thu Nov 13 06:09:00 1997
>Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 14:06:49 +0100
>To: wwii-l@listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu, mahan@microwrks.com
>Subject: Truk as Gibraltar of the Pacific
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>From: BWV_WIESBADEN@t-online.de (Tim Lanzendoerfer)
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>I’m searching for proofs that Truk was actually called the Gibraltar of the
>Pacific. Some people have told that some island off California got that name,
>and I dimly remember a discussion on one list. Can anyone cite from a book or
>webpage or article the use of Truk as Gibraltar of the Pacific?
>
>Thanks,
>Tim
>
>Tim Lanzendoerfer | “I have just taken on a great
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