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U.S. Halts All Funding For FSM's Chuuk State
The United States has halted all financial assistance to Chuuk, one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia, after the state government misspent $1 million in foreign aid. The suspension in financial assistance took effect on December 1, 2006…

The Navy Career of Gerald Ford
..After the fire, Monterey was declared unfit for service and the crippled carrier reached Ulithi on 21 December before proceeding across the Pacific to Bremerton, Washington where it underwent repairs. On Christmas Eve 1944 at Ulithi, Ford was detached from the ship and sent to the Athletic Department of the Navy Pre-Flight School, St. Mary's College, California…

Photo of the USS Monterey at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, 24 Nov 1944

Dive Site Brief on Ulithi
Ulithi Atoll (also know as Urushi, or Mackenzie Island) is a coral atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia, in the western Pacific Ocean. It is 106 miles east of Yap. Its islets have a total land area of 1.75 sq miles. Its huge lagoon is the world's fourth largest (209 sq. miles)...