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.[1] The island is in an atoll southeast of Biak, Indonesia.
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- 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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