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USA National Parks Service
http://www.cr.nps.gov/micronesia/index.htm

General statistics on FSM
http://www.spc.int/prism/country/fm/fm_index.html

Useful facts (history, linguistics) for FSM and other PI Nations
http://www.abc.net.au/ra/carvingout/maps/statistics.htm

USA/FSM Compact of Free Association
http://www.fsmlaw.org/compact/

Legal Information System on the State of Chuuk
http://www.fsmlaw.org/chuuk/index.htm

War in Paradise booklet (Jeffery, 2003)
http://www.nps.gov/wapa/indepth/extContent/wapa/paradise/index.htm

Micronesian Seminar, Pohnpei (Good source of much historical information)
http://www.micsem.org/home.htm

Truk Stop Hotel (Dive Shop)
http://www.trukstophotel.com/

Blue Lagoon Dive Shop
http://www.truk-lagoon-dive.com/

Chuuk Visitors Bureau
http://www.visit-fsm.org/chuuk/index.html


Publications and readings

Bailey, D. E., 2000, World War II Wrecks of the Chuuk Lagoon. Redding.

Bayer, C. W. & S. Earle., 1980, The Shipwrecks of Truk Lagoon and their Transformation into Artificial Reefs.
Carrell, T., 1991, Micronesia: Submerged Cultural Resources Assessment. Submerged Cultural Resource Unit, National Park Service. Santa Fe.

Colt Denfield, D., 1981, Field Survey of Truk: World War II features. Micronesian Archaeological Survey, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Saipan.

Craib, J. L., 1997, Truk Archaeology. Micronesian Resources Study. US National Park Service. San Fransisco.

Earle, S. A. and Giddings, A., 1976, Life springs from death in Truk Lagoon, National Geographic, 149. 5.

Francillon, R. J., 1979, Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. Putnam and Company. London.

Gladwin, T. and S. B. Sarason, 1953, Truk: Man in Paradise. Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. New York.

Gladwin, T., 1970, East Is a Big Bird: Navigation and Logic on Puluwat Atoll. Cambridge, Mass.

Green, J., 2002, 'The application of side scan sonar and magnetometer to the location of archaeological sites, Bulletin of the Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology 26: 119-130.

Hall, E.T., & K.T. Pelzer, 1946, The economy of the Truk Islands: An anthropological and economic study. Honolulu. Mimeographed. Micronesian Seminar, Pohnpei.

Hezel, F., 1979, Foreign Ships in Micronesia. Trust Territory Historic Preservation Office, Saipan.

Hezel, Francis X, 1983, The First Taint of Civilization: A History of the Caroline and Marshall Islands in Pre-Colonial Days, 1521-1885. Pacific Islands Monograph Series No. 1. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

Hezel, Francis X., 1995, Strangers in Their Own Land: A Century of Colonial Rule in the Caroline and Marshall Islands. Pacific Islands Monograph Series No. 13. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

Hezel, F. and Graham, C., 1997, Truk Underwater Archaeology. Micronesia Resources Study. United States National Park Service. San Fransisco.

Ito, M., 1962, The end of the Imperial Japanese Navy. London.

JANAC (Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committee), 1947, Japanese Naval and Merchant Shipping Losses. During World War II by all causes. US Government Printing Office. Washington, DC

Jeffery, B., 2003, War in Paradise: World War II sites in Truk Lagoon. Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia.

Jeffery, B., 2004a, 'World War II shipwrecks in Truk Lagoon: The role of interests groups.' CRM Journal. Washington.

Jeffery, B., 2004b, 'World War II underwater cultural heritage sites in Truk Lagoon: Considering a case for world heritage listing.' International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 33.1: 106-121.
(PDF download - CLICK HERE - 665k)

Jeffery, B., 2004c, "World War II sites in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia: A survey of underwater and terrestrial sites" (Unpublished report, Chuuk Historic Preservation Office)

King, T.F, 1978, Preliminary report on the Archaeological salvage research at Truk International Airport, Iras Village, Moen Island, Truk District Trust Territories of the Pacific. Unpublished Report, Chuuk HPO

King, T.F. and Parker, P.L., 1984, Pisekin Nóómw Nóón Tonaachaw. Archaeology in the Tonaachaw Historic District, Moen Island. South Illinois University at Carbondale: Center for Archaeological Investigations. Occasional Paper No. 3.

Lindemann, K.P., 1982, Hailstorm over Truk Lagoon. Singapore.

Lindemann, K.P. 1990, Hailstorm over Truk Lagoon. Supplement. Pacific Press Publications.
Jakarta

MacLeod, I. D., 2006, 'In-situ corrosion studies on wrecked aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy in Chuuk Lagoon, Federated States of Micronesia.' The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 35.1:128-136
(PDF download - CLICK HERE - 181k)

Mac Leod, I., 2003, Metal corrosion in Chuuk Lagoon: A survey of iron shipwrecks and aluminium aircraft. Unpublished Report. Perth, Western Australian Museum.

Morison, S.E., 1975, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Volume VII: Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, June 1942-April 1944. Boston.

Naval Analysis Division, 1947, The Reduction of Truk. A report prepared by the Editorial Division of the US Strategic Bombing Survey in February 1947. US Navy.

Parker, Patricia L., 1987, "Lessons from Micronesia" In CRM Bulletin, USA National Park Service Vol 10:1.

Parillo, M.P., 1993, The Japanese Merchant Marine in World War II. Naval Institute Press. Maryland.

Poyer, L., Falgout, S., and Carucci, L. M., 2001, The Typhoon of War: Micronesian experiences of the Pacific War. University of Hawaii Press. Honolulu.

Rainbird, P.R., 2004, The Archaeology of Micronesia Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.

Schreck, H.C., Jr., 1980, Museum and Historic Site Development in the Trust Territory, Truk State. Historic Preservation Office, Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands (NEH Grant No. PM 33438-78-1569).

Spennemann, D., 1995, 'Physical reminders of the British-Japanese Armament Trade in Micronesia'. In Journal of the Pacific Society. 18. 3:117-130.

Turner, J. W. and Falgout, S., 2002, Time Traces: Cultural Memory and World War II in Pohnpei, in The Contemporary Pacific 14.1: 101-131. University of Hawaii Press. Honolulu.

White, G. M. and L. Lindstrom, (ed.)1989, The Pacific Theater: Island Representation of World War II. Pacific Island Monograph Series 8. University of Hawaii Press. Honolulu.

White, G. M., 1991, Remembering the Pacific War. Occasional Paper 36. University of Hawaii Press. Honolulu.

Young, J. A., N. R. Rosenberger and J. R. Harding, 1997, Truk Ethnography. Micronesian Resources Study. United States National Park Service. San Fransisco.


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