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CFS Scenery--Abaiang-Marakei. CFS version of Abaiang and Marakei atolls, under Japanese occupation. The "Abaiang-Marakei" scenery shows Abaiang and Marakei atolls area, Gilbert islands. Two fictional airfields are located in Abaiang and Marakei, with fuel areas signed by Japanese characters. Only nominal forces were placed on these islands in the Gilberts. Some of these Japanese airfields are fictional. It is not known if they were built before WWII, but they are the same runway direction and distibution buildings as the current airfields. On the same day as the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese invaded the Gilbert Islands, occupying them by 10 December 1941. By Edmundo Abad.