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    Tern Island French Frigate Shoals | Hawaii United States
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Location
Tern Island is the largest island at the northern end of the French Frigate Shoals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (Leeward Islands) of Hawaii in the United States. Surrounded by the Pacific Ocean.

Wartime History
Occupied by the US Navy during World War II.

Postwar
The Coast Guard operated from Tern Island for years.

Today
The island is occupied by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service only.

Tern Island Airfield
Island enlarged during the war for a single runway.

References
The French Frigate Shoals Web Page
via Wayback Machine January 9, 2019

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