Mios Woendi
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Mios Woendi is the name of an island and was a forward base for United States Navy during World War II. The US Navy code word for the base located in Schouten Islands, was Stinker. The island is in an atoll southeast of Biak, Indonesia.
External links
- Rising to Victory: The Pacific Submarine Strategy in World War II says Mios Woendi was east of Biak near 1°15′10″S 136°22′28″E / 1.252685°S 136.374493°ECoordinates: 1°15′10″S 136°22′28″E / 1.252685°S 136.374493°E
- PT Boat Base 21, Mios Woendi, Biak
- Dictionary of American Naval Aviations Squadrons, Appendix 6 - Patrol Squadron Shore Establishments lists Naval Seaplane Base 2, aka NAF Biak, as located on Mios Woendi, in 1944 and 1945.
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