[3] Germany, in turn, continued to retain possession until the islands were captured by Japan during World War I.

[3] The islands then remained under Japanese control until captured by the United States in 1944 during World War II.

[4] The Territory contained 100,000 people scattered over a water area the size of the continental United States.

The Pohnpeians and Kosraeans, Marshallese and Palauans, Chuukese, Yapese and Chamorros had little in common, except they were in the same general area of the Pacific Ocean.

[5] The large distances between people, the lack of an economy, and language and cultural barriers all worked against the union.

The six district centers became upscale slums, containing deteriorated Japanese-built roads, electricity, modern music, and distractions, which alienated youth and elders.

[8] The termination of U.S. administration of the Chuuk, Yap, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and the Mariana Islands districts of the TTPI soon followed on November 3, 1986.

[17] It moved to Chuuk in 1948,[18] to be more central in the Trust Territory,[17] and was renamed Pacific Islands' Teacher Training School (PITTS).

[22] From the late 1960s to the middle of the 1970s, several public high schools were built or received additions in the Trust Territory.