Eniwetok - World War II (February 1944); American infantry landed and captured a Japanese stronghold

Marshall Islands - a group of coral islands in eastern Micronesia

atoll - an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon

amphibious assault - an amphibious operation attacking a land base that is carried out by troops that are landed by naval ships

Second World War, World War 2, World War II - a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945

Eniwetok - an atoll in the Marshall islands; site of an amphibious assault in World War II; later used by the United States to test atomic bombs