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Wake Island is a 1942 American action drama war film directed by John Farrow, written by W. R. Burnett and Frank Butler, and starring Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, Macdonald Carey, Albert Dekker, Barbara Britton, and William Bendix.
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.
William Bendix (January 14, 1906 – December 14, 1964) was an American film, radio, and television actor, known for his portrayals of rough, blue-collar characters. He gained significant recognition for his role in Wake Island, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Winfield Scott Cunningham (February 16, 1900 – March 3, 1986) was the Officer in Charge, Naval Activities, Wake Island when the tiny island was attacked by the Japanese on December 8, 1941. Cunningham commanded the defense of the island against the massive Japanese attack. After 15 days, he surrendered the island to the Japanese.
For this action, he was awarded the Navy Cross after the war. On December 23 Wake Island was captured by the Japanese and Putnam, along with the other surviving Wake Island defenders, was taken prisoner. He was held in Japanese POW camps from December 1941 until September 1945, when he was released at the end of the war.
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The Tanager Expedition's tent camp on Wilkes Island in 1923 The SS North Haven unloads supplies for the Pan-American seaplane airport in the 1930s Japanese landing on Wilkes in the battle for Wake Island The Marine counter-attack to the landing. Wilkes Island is a small islet that is part of the Wake Island, a remote atoll in the Pacific. The ...
The Defense of Wake; A Magnificent Fight: Marines in the Battle for Wake Island; Part Three: The Defense of Wake; Wake Island at IMDb Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific at IMDb Spennemann, Dirk H. R. (2000–2005). "To Hell and Back: Wake During and After World War II". Digital Micronesia. Charles Sturt University