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Eniwetok Atoll, the target assigned to Admiral Hill's task group, lies 330 nautical miles northwest of Kwajalein.8 It is a typical Central Pacific coral atoll with a circular reef surrounding a lagoon, which at its widest point is seventeen miles from east to west and twenty-one miles from north to south.
Initial waves of U.S. Landing Craft approach Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll on âD-Day,â 18 February 1944. The island is still smoking from the pre-invasion bombardment, which has left it heavily cratered. National Archives photograph, 80-G-216213.