61. Pat Scannon - Palau Explorer & Bentprop.org record which will add to the known history in palau his son, Jim, who has gone topalau with me witnessed some of the aircraft crash, 3) regional palauan hunter http://www.pacificwrecks.com/people/visitors/scannon.html

Pat Scannon Pat Scannon at Avenger crash site in 2002. Pat Scannon has been involved with WWII history, wrecks, exploration on the islands of Palau. He is also the creator of the BentProp.org website, and four self funded "PMAN" (Palau-Marines+Army Air Force+Navy) expeditions to the Palau area in search of history. His work and discoveries since 1993 include: locating the Japanese ship that was sunk by George H. W. Bush, plus many other significant ship and aircraft wrecks and MIA cases in the Palau area. Tell a little about yourself and your background Speak about your interest in WWII, and Palau Mention a little about Bentprop.org, and its mission Please share a little bit about your work with MIA cases ... What are your future plans for travel, projects, etc? Map of Palau, 1944 courtesy USMC Ensign George H W Bush in Avenger Tell a little about yourself and your background Born in Fort Knox KY and as an army brat of an officer, traveled alot courtesy of the US Army. Lived in many states and Germany - graduated from the University of Georgia with a BSChem degree ('69), then a PhD from UC Berkeley ('72), then an MD from the Medical College of Georgia('76), then board certified in Internal Medicine ('79).

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HOME ABOUT CONTACT PARTNERS ... Recess! Browse the learning categories above or search below to find the courses you want. Tip: enclose your search phrase in "quotes" for better results. U.S. Regional Accrediting Associations These recognized associations accredit entire institutions (as opposed to individual programs) in the U.S. and abroad: Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges (MSA) Accredits institutions in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Central America, Europe, and the Middle East New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) Accredits institutions in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East North Central Association of Schools and Colleges (NCA) Accredits institutions in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Navajo Nation, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and international locations of accredited members Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges (NASC) Accredits institutions in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington

63. The Golden Coast - Checklist & Portal Of Tourist Attractions. Translate this page National Palace / palau Nacional ** Magic Industrial -Planetarium - regional Museum of Medical history / Museu d http://www.planetware.com/trees/E/CAT/CDCD.HTM

The Golden Coast Geographical checklist of tourist attractions with official website links Spain indexes: Home Photos Maps Towns ... Pick new country Click to get official site. View: Full screen list Help The Golden Coast / Costa Dorada / Costa Daurada Barcelona ... Mercat de Sant Antoni (Placa de Sant Josep Oriol) Citadel Park / Parc de la Ciutadella Cascade Geological Museum / Museu de Geologia / Museu Martorell Hivernacle ... Zoological Museum / Museu de Zoologia (Collection of Fire Brigade Uniforms / Colleccio d'Indumentaria de Bomber) District Festivals Festa Major de Ciutat Meridiana Festa Major del Barri de Sant Antoni Festa Major del Barri de la Sagrada Familia ... El Laberinto de Horta (Gothic Quarter / Barri Gotic) Architects' Society Building / Collegi d'Arquitectes (Barri del Pi) Capella Santa Agata Cathedral Archdeacon's House / Casa de l'Ardiaca Casas dels Canonges ... City Hall / Casa de la Ciutat (City History Institute / Institut Municipal d'Historia) (Diocesan Museum / Museu Diocesa) Episcopal Palace / Palau Episcopal Gallery of Famous Catalans / Galeria de Catalans Il.lustres (History of Footwear Museum / Museu d'Historia del Calcat) Holographic Museum / Museu d'Holografia (King's Square / Placa del Rei) (Museu Frederic Mares) (Museu Frederic Mares - Lapidarium) (Museu Frederic Mares - Religious sculpture) (Museu Frederic Mares - Second floor) (Museu Frederica Mares - Roman sculptures) Palace of the Royal Lieutenant / Palau del Lloctinent (Throne Room / Salo del Tinell) (Museu d'Historia de la Ciutat) (Museu d'Historia de la Ciutat)

64. World Travel Guide - Palau - History And Government history and Government history After liberation from Japanese occupation duringWorld War II, palau became part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands http://www.travel-guide.com/data/plw/plw580.asp

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65. World Travel Guide - Palau - Introduction For an insight into palau’s history however, a visit to the palau NationalMuseum is advised where more than 1000 relics of palau’s past are housed http://www.travel-guide.com/data/plw/plw130.asp

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66. Education Planet Geography And Countries,Regional Resources,Pacific,Oceania Less 4. Living Edens palau - read about the legends the unique marine life, and historyof the English-Language Media Online NewsDirectory regional browse Browse http://www.educationplanet.com/search/Geography_and_Countries/Regional_Resources

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67. Manila Regional Delegation (Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau Manila regional delegation (Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, palau,Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwpList400/3A0D0FF81A0D36F1C1256B660058

About the ICRC ICRC Activities The ICRC worldwide Focus ... Annual Report Annual Report Manila Regional delegation (Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Western Samoa, autonomous States, territories and colonies of the Pacific) Introduction The ICRC maintained contacts with National Societies and governments in order to encourage ratification of the Geneva Conventions and the Additional Protocols by those Pacific States which had not yet done so, and to support the National Societies in their dissemination efforts. In December the ICRC opened a media liaison office in Sydney, Australia. AUSTRALIA FIJI NEW ZEALAND PAPUA NEW GUINEA ... VANUATU AUSTRALIA The regional delegate carried out three missions to Australia in the course of the year. He went to Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney to pursue the dialogue with the government and the National Society, to take part in a basic training course for future Australian Red Cross delegates and to prepare the Second Regional Conference on International Humanitarian Law. In May delegates went to Canberra and Melbourne to brief the Australian Red Cross and government officials on the ICRC's activities in the region and to discuss the government's contribution to the institution's budget. In July delegates took part in a conference organized by the armed forces in Townsville (Queensland) on the impact of international humanitarian law on the conduct of operations by land commanders.

68. Palau Resources heritage management, historical archaeology, ethnoarchaeology, oral history, culturalpreservation and prehistoric sites in Micronesia, including palau and the http://archaeology.about.com/library/atlas/blpalau.htm

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69. History Of Fruit Fly Projects In The Pacific 1990-2000 history of Fruit Fly Projects in the Pacific 1990 papers presented at the 1996 RegionalSymposium on States of Micronesia, Tonga, Fiji, Niue, palau, PNG, Samoa http://www.spc.org.nc/pacifly/Project_docs/RMFFP-History.htm

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70. Manila Regional Delegation (Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau Manila regional delegation (Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, palau,Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu http://www.helpicrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwpList140/3A0D0FF81A0D36F1C1256B66

About the ICRC ICRC Activities The ICRC worldwide Focus ... Annual Report Annual Report Manila Regional delegation (Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Western Samoa, autonomous States, territories and colonies of the Pacific) Introduction The ICRC maintained contacts with National Societies and governments in order to encourage ratification of the Geneva Conventions and the Additional Protocols by those Pacific States which had not yet done so, and to support the National Societies in their dissemination efforts. In December the ICRC opened a media liaison office in Sydney, Australia. AUSTRALIA FIJI NEW ZEALAND PAPUA NEW GUINEA ... VANUATU AUSTRALIA The regional delegate carried out three missions to Australia in the course of the year. He went to Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney to pursue the dialogue with the government and the National Society, to take part in a basic training course for future Australian Red Cross delegates and to prepare the Second Regional Conference on International Humanitarian Law. In May delegates went to Canberra and Melbourne to brief the Australian Red Cross and government officials on the ICRC's activities in the region and to discuss the government's contribution to the institution's budget. In July delegates took part in a conference organized by the armed forces in Townsville (Queensland) on the impact of international humanitarian law on the conduct of operations by land commanders.

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73. Virtual Tour Of The Mount Airy Museum Of Regional History In North Carolina http://www.northcarolinamuseum.org/requestinfo.asp

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74. ZUJI palau history, It's thought that the first inhabitants of palau camefrom eastern Indonesia. Carbon dating of ancient habitation http://www.zuji.com.au/dest/guide/0,1277,ZUJIAU|5061|2407|1,00.html

About ZUJI Travel Resource Links Travel Resources Home Research a Destination Convert Currency Check Weather Check Visa Requirements Buy Travel Insurance Flight Arrival/Departure Info Book a Flight Find a Hotel Hire a Car Log-in Log-out Become a Member Site Map Travel Resources Home Destination Guides Travel Tools Regional Guide Introduction Fast Facts Best Time to Visit Money ... Maps Useful Travel Tools Check Weather Convert Currency Check Visa Requirements Flight Arrival/Departure Information ... Australia/Pacific : Palau Palau History It's thought that the first inhabitants of Palau came from eastern Indonesia. Carbon dating of ancient habitation sites shows that the Rock Islands were settled by at least 1000 BC. These early Palauans developed fairly complex matrilineal and matriarchal social systems, wherein money and property were inherited by women though owned by the clan. The first European to sight Palau was probably Ruy Lopez de Villalobos of Spain in 1543. Spain claimed the islands in 1686 but did nothing to develop or colonize them. It wasn't until 1783, when English captain Henry Wilson shipwrecked on a reef off Palau's Ulong Island, that any significant contact between Palauans and Westerners began. Wilson was aided by Koror's chief, Ibedul, who helped rebuild the ship and then sent his son, Prince Lebuu, back with the sailors to be educated in England. Although Lebuu died of smallpox shortly after arriving in London, his presence there touched many Britons and piqued their interest in Palau. The country soon became Palau's main trading partner and remained so for over 100 years, until the Spanish returned and expelled them in 1885.

75. ZUJI Embattled Island palau's Struggle for Independence is a more recent publicationthat takes a less antiAmerican stance on palau's postwar political history. http://www.zuji.com.au/dest/guide/0,1277,ZUJIAU|5061|2411|1,00.html

About ZUJI Travel Resource Links Travel Resources Home Research a Destination Convert Currency Check Weather Check Visa Requirements Buy Travel Insurance Flight Arrival/Departure Info Book a Flight Find a Hotel Hire a Car Log-in Log-out Become a Member Site Map Travel Resources Home Destination Guides Travel Tools Regional Guide Introduction Fast Facts Best Time to Visit Money ... Maps Useful Travel Tools Check Weather Convert Currency Check Visa Requirements Flight Arrival/Departure Information ... Australia/Pacific : Palau Palau Reading List Mandy Thyssen's comprehensive The Palau Islands gives a good understanding of the islands' history and culture. For a broad look at Pacific Island culture, pick up William H Alkire's An Introduction to the Peoples and Cultures of Micronesia , Gene Ashby's Micronesian Customs and Beliefs or Anne Nakono's Broken Canoe: Conversations and Observations in Micronesia Taking a none-too-friendly view of US intervention, Sue Rabbitt Roff's Overreaching in Paradise: United States Policy in Palau Since 1945 wags a finger at Uncle Sam's bullying ways.

76. FY2001 SPINF Projects and visited maritime facilities in palau and met with palau President Tommy Regionalhistory Project of the Council of Presidents of Pacific history and Social http://www.spf.org/spinf/project/p-2001.html

Project Discription@FY2001 Exchange projects that respect the values and cultural identity of each island society Exchange Media Personnel among the Pacific Island Region and Japan Organizers: The Sasakawa Peace Foundation Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) Project period: The second year of an ongoing five-year project For FY2001: Ties between Pacific island nations and Japan are growing deeper year by year as JapanÕs private sector continues to invest in these countries and more official development assistance is extended to them. From fiscal 1991 through fiscal 1999, the Fund implemented the project Inviting Media Personnel from the Pacific Island Region to Japan. More than 60 media personnel from Pacific island nations visited Japan through that project, which sought to promote understanding of Japan within the region. Thanks to the project's success, it was decided to follow up with the present five-year project. This year it was planned to send three reporters from Japan's Okinawa Prefecture to Papua New Guinea, but because of the high risk of contracting malaria, the destination was changed to Fiji. The reporters covered ecotourism and ruins and wrote feature stories on those topics. In addition, the editor in chief of a newspaper and a senior journalist for a radio network in Papua New Guinea, as well as the publisher of a newspaper in Fiji, were invited to Japan. They covered the planned inauguration of direct flights between Japan and Papua New Guinea in April 2002 and the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station, as well as the remote island community of Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture. Their reports were published in a Papua New Guinea national newspaper and transmitted throughout the Pacific region through various media.

77. SPICIN Organization History About SPICIN Organization history. Conference encouraged the development of a regionalintelligence unit Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, palau, Samoa, Solomon http://spicin.amsamoa.net/spicin_history.html

About SPICIN - Organization History In October, 1987, the South Pacific Islands Criminal Intelligence Network, SPICIN, was created by the 17 police executives of the South Pacific Chiefs of Police Conference (SPCPC) during the 16th Annual Conference hosted by the American Samoa Government Department of Public Safety as a direct result of growing crime problems in the Pacific and a weak information sharing process among the affected nations. Commissioner Saul stated: "Experience has shown that the Pacific Island territories are used as transiting points for drug running to our larger neighbors of New Zealand and Australia. During the past decade, a number of major incidents are recorded on this. In fact, there currently is an operation going on in Vanuatu in this regard. There has always been a ready assistance forthcoming from our larger neighbors when hard intelligence has indicated a bilateral or multilateral crime problems. However, I am of the view that the time is fast approaching when there should be established a regional crime, drugs, intelligence unit to coordinate and disseminate information for unified action to combat what I see as increasing problems. I, therefore, suggest initial discussion in this form on location, staffing, funding, and terms of reference before approaching our respective governments to ask their approval for the establishment of such an organization and then assistance with accommodation and technology from our larger neighbors."

78. History - Federated States Of Micronesia history he FSM has a rich history dating back several thousand years Kusaie, and atthe time a part of Pohnpei), Chuuk (formerly Truk), Yap, palau, the Marshall http://www.visit-fsm.org/visitors/history.html

WELCOME MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT VISITORS INFORMATION ENTRY REQUIREMENTS ... DIVING HISTORY PEOPLE CULTURE GOVERNMENT WHAT'S HOT ... LINKS HISTORY he FSM has a rich history dating back several thousand years. The islands were originally settled by ancient people sailing east from Asia and north from Polynesia . Later discovers and settlers included the Spanish, Germans, and Japanese and evidence of their former presence is found throughout the islands. Following the trusteeship under U.S. administration after W.W. II, the FSM is now independent and self-governing. Most linguistic and archaeological evidence indicates that the islands were first discovered and settled between two and three thousand years ago . The first settlers are often described as Austronesian speakers possessing horticultural skills and highly sophisticated maritime knowledge . These first settlers are thought to have migrated eastward from Southeast Asia to Yap. From there, some migrated south to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and New Caledonia, and later to Kiribati and the Marshall Islands. The oral histories of the Micronesian people indicate close affiliations and interactions in the past among the members of the island societies comprising the present-day FSM. The Lelu ruins in Kosrae (1400 AD) and the Nan Madol ruins of Pohnpei (1000 AD) are impressive reminders of the accomplishments of these early peoples.

79. The Globalist | Global History -- The New Triple Alliance Web Community Global history The New Triple Alliance, Beyond regional influence. http://www.theglobalist.com/DBWeb/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=2823

80. Palau President Opening Of Forum its independence, the Republic of palau brings a of this organisation shares a historyof colonization and unable to fully develop the regional cohesion needed http://www.forumsec.org.fj/news/1999/oct02.htm

Forum News Home Feedback What's New Search 30TH Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, KOROR, PALAU 3 OCTOBER 1999 OPENING REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU AND INCOMING CHAIRMAN OF THE Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, HIS EXCELLENCY KUNIWO NAKAMURA, AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING Let me begin by expressing the appreciation of the Forum to my predecessor, His Excellency the President of the Federated States of Micronesia, Mr. Leo Falcam. Mr. President Falcam, your stewardship of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat during this time of rapid change has been exemplary. The benefits of the efforts made during your tenure will be felt for years to come. As the President of the Republic of Palau and the new Chairman of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, I am doubly pleased to welcome you all to our shores. This 30th convening of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat arrives at a special time for Palau. I know several of you arrived in time to witness the beginning of the celebrations marking the fifth anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Palau. Palau is pleased and gratified that you are here to share in our celebrations of this special milestone. I hope you have had an opportunity to join in commemorating our independence. The Republic of Palau is honoured to serve as host of this meeting. As the newest member of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, as the westernmost and one of the northernmost members of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, and as the last Trust Territory of the Pacific to declare its independence, the Republic of Palau brings a unique perspective to this organisation. Over the course of your stay here, as the Forum attends to the very important business at hand, I hope that every participant will come to understand at least part of that unique perspective. I know that we will make every effort to learn from all of you, as well. Ultimately, we should all work together to ensure that the meetings and discussions of the coming week foster a new multilateral understanding of what can and should be accomplished through the Forum.

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