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The Battle of Wake Island was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on Wake Island.The assault began simultaneously with the attack on Pearl Harbor naval and air bases in Hawaii on the morning of 8 December 1941 (7 December in Hawaii), and ended on 23 December, with the surrender of American forces to the Empire of Japan.
Debris and wreckage line the streets of the "downtown" area of Wake Island on Sept 14, 2006. Super Typhoon Ioke swept through on Aug 31 with wind speeds of 155 mph and gusts at 190 mph. A team of civil engineers and COMM experts deployed to the atoll from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, to estimate the extent of the damage left by the category 5 ...
The New Guinea campaign of the Pacific War lasted from January 1942 until the end of the war in August 1945. During the initial phase in early 1942, the Empire of Japan invaded the Territory of New Guinea on 23 January and Territory of Papua on 21 July and overran western New Guinea (part of the Netherlands East Indies) beginning on 29 March.
Pillbox bunker on the atoll World War II gun emplacement in the 21st century. Historic items at the island include: [200] Several old shipwrecks, including at least six vessels from World War II and the remains of several sailing vessels; Bunkers and items from World War II US and Japanese military bases, such as pill boxes, bunkers, and gun ...
Servicemembers search for POW/MIAs on Wake Island : Source: Digital: Image title: A memorial to prisoners of war is seen Jan. 12 on Wake Island. The "98 Rock" is a memorial for the 98 U.S. civilian contract POWs who were forced by their Japanese captors to rebuild the airstrip as slave labor, then blind-folded and killed by machine gun Oct. 5 ...
Wake Island Device; Y. Yokohama Air Group; Japanese cruiser Yūbari This page was last edited on 2 May 2020, at 03:20 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
An appeal to self-interest during World War II, by the United States Office of War Information (restored by Yann) Wait for Me, Daddy , by Claude P. Dettloff (restored by Yann ) Selection on the ramp at Auschwitz-Birkenau at Auschwitz Album , by the Auschwitz Erkennungsdienst (restored by Yann )
English: "This picture was taken at the premiere of Wake Island at Theater No. 1, Camp Elliott, San Diego, California, August 24, 1942. Left to right: Brian Donlevy, Mrs. Hermle, Major General John Marston, Colonel Leo D. Hermle, and Major Raymond W. Hanson."