More than three dozen naval ships and subs began participating in the "Rim of the Pacific" war games off Hawaii on Wednesday.

本周三，约四十艘美国海军战舰和潜艇开始在夏威夷外海进行“太平洋边缘”军事演习。

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MANY years after the end of the war in the Pacific, a former tail-gunner who had been stationed in New Guinea wrote a letter to a veterans' magazine. He wished to share his memories of a voice.

二战太平洋战场上的战争结束数十年后，一名原驻扎在新几内亚的前战机尾部机枪手给一本老兵杂志写了一封信，希望能和其他人一起分享关于“声音”的记忆。

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He won an Academy Award in 1945 for his documentary film of the naval war in the Pacific, the Fighting Lady.

1945年他制作的有关太平洋上的海军战役纪录片——女斗士，获得奥斯卡奖。

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But during World War Two, national leaders recognized the importance of the territory to security in the Pacific.

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In the 1879-84 War of the Pacific, Chile won control of mineral-rich land once held by Peru and Bolivia, and the outcome left Bolivia landlocked.

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Mr Morales was speaking on Bolivia's "Day of the Sea", when it commemorates its defeat by Chile in the 19th Century War of the Pacific.

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The borders between the two neighbours date back to the 1904 Treaty of Peace and Friendship, signed after Bolivia lost 400km (250 miles) of coastline to Chile during the War of the Pacific (1879-1884).

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