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Coral SeaPart of the Pacific Ocean bounded by northeastern Australia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia; area 4,790,000 sq km/1,849,000 sq mi, with an average depth of 2,400 m/7,870 ft, with three deep trenches on its eastern edge. It contains numerous coral islands and reefs. The Coral Sea Islands are a territory of Australia; they comprise scattered reefs and islands over an area of about 1,000,000 sq km/386,000 sq mi. They are uninhabited except for a meteorological station on Willis Island. The Great Barrier Reef lies along its western edge, just off the east coast of Australia. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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That same year, Richard was declared missing in action during the Battle of the Coral Sea. The war in the Coral Sea and the Solomons, moving north through the Gilberts and the Marshalls, then to the Marianas and the Philippines is treated in summary fashion (4 chapters), with the stress on the shift in naval and air power between the protagonists. Dunlop was flying an A-7E Corsair II from Coral Sea (CVB 43) on a bombing mission in North Vietnam when he was shot down by a surface to air missile. |
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