A new book highlights the history and culture of Ulithi Atoll and its people. A book launch event will be held Sept. 18 at 5:30 p.m. at UOG.

On September 16, 1944, as US Marines began a major assault on Peleliu, Adm. William Halsey, commander of the US Navy's 3rd Fleet, ordered III Amphibious Corps to seize Ulithi Atoll, located 400 ...

When the USS Emory S. Land, one of the Navy's two submarine tenders, sailed into the Ulithi Atoll on December 7, it was a return to a major hub for US operations in World War II and yet another ...

On March 19, 1945, Comfort-class hospital ship USS Mercy (AH 8) reported to the Imperial Japanese Navy 5th Fleet at the Ulithi Atoll to assist the Okinawa campaign during WWII.

The night of Nov. 3, 1944, the USS Reno was on its way from Ulithi Atoll to the Philippines. It was 11:25 p.m. A group of sailors were asleep in ...

In September 1944, the US Navy captured Ulithi Atoll and used it to support the Allied advance. The remote atoll hosted hundreds of ships for repair and rearmament and allowed troops to rest.