Emirau Island

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Emirau Island, also called Emira, is an island in the Bismarck Archipelago located at 1°38.5′S 149°58.5′ECoordinates: 1°38.5′S 149°58.5′E. It is currently part of the New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea. The local language is a dialect of the Mussau-Emira language. Early explorers named it Squally Island, a name still found in some early records. Emirau island was used during WWII as an American airbase. Several United States Marine Corps and Royal New Zealand Air Force bomber squadrons were based here including VBM 433[1], and No. 3 Squadron[2] and No. 4 Squadron RNZAF. Emirau was the staging point for attacks on the Japanese stronghold at Rabaul.

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