This week in Pacific history

March 21st - March 27th

March 21st - March 27th

the damaged bow of the Cheonan

The bow of the Republic of Korea's Navy corvette ship, Cheonan.
 

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March 23rd, 1996 – Lee Teng-hui is elected President in Taiwan's first direct elections
March 25th, 1971Vietnam War: The effort to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail is abandoned by The Army of the Republic of Vietnam.
March 26th, 1945World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima officially ends when the island is declared completely secured.
March 26th, 2010 – The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan is torpedoed, killing 46, and North Korea is blamed.