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| 1796 | 1796 – Wake Island. The main island of the Wake Island Atoll. Home to a 9800 foot airstrip. The island was named after British Captain William Wake of the schooner Prince William Henry, who visited the atoll in 1796. Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki … From Wake Island - Wake Island Atoll - Related web pages wikimapia.org/1120061/Wake-Island-Wake-Island … |
| 1866 | Mar 4, 1866 – On the night of March 4, 1866, the 650 ton barque Libelle of Bremen, Germany, struck the eastern reef of Wake Island during a gale. The ship was under the command of Captain Tobias and en route from San Francisco to Hong Kong. Among its passengers were …Wake Island first received international attention with the wreck of the Libelle . On the night of March 4, 1866, the 650 ton barque Libelle of Bremen, Germany, struck the eastern reef of Wake Island during a gale. The ship was under the command of Captain Tobias and en route from San Francisco to Hong Kong. Among its passengers were opera singer Anna Bishop (ex wife of the celebrated French harpist Nicolas Bochsa), her husband Martin Schultz (a New York diamond …
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| 1898 | Jul 4, 1898 – Wake Island, an island in the North Pacific Ocean, about midway between Hawaii and Hong-Kong. On July 4, 1898, Gen. Francis V. Greene, with a few officers, while en route to Manila, went ashore on the island, made observations, found no traces of …Wake Island, an island in the North Pacific Ocean, about midway between Hawaii and Hong-Kong. On July 4, 1898, Gen. Francis V. Greene, with a few officers, while en route to Manila, went ashore on the island, made observations, found no traces of inhabitants, planted a record of possession, and raised the flag of the United States. On General Greene’s report the United States government determined to take formal possession of the island, which was not known to have …From Harper’s Encyclopedia of United States History from 458 AD to 1909 - Related web pages books.google.com/books?id=VfRJvaz-qB4C&pg … |
| Jul 22, 1898 – The China arrived on Saturday, and the Senator, Colon, and Zealandia yesterday. The health of the men is excellent. There were four deaths. Lieutenant Lazalle of the Eighteenth Infantry, Regulars, died on July 12 and was buried on Sunday afternoon at. CABLE BY EL W. THE. NEW YORK. … From Rediscover Wake Island. - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access … |
| Dec 23, 1898 – WASHINGTON. Dec. The government has determined to hoist the flag- over another island far out in the Pacific ocean, and orders were sent out late yesterday afternoon to the com mander of the Bennington, Captain Taussig, to proceed at once to take pos session in: the name of the … From WAKE ISLAND TO BE ANNEXED . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=hiIiAAAAIBAJ … |
| Dec 24, 1898 – The Government has determined to hoist the flag over another island far out in the Pacific Ocean, and orders were sent out late this afternoon to the commander of the Bennington, Capt. Taussig, to proceed at once to take possession in the name of the Government of the United States of … From TO OCCUPY WAKE ISLAND; Warship Bennington Ordered to Hoist Our … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res … |
| 1899 | From Leff - Related web pages books.google.com/books?id=DUKsAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA22 … |
| Jan 18, 1899 – Some officers and men of the second Phillippines expedition landed on Wake island on July 4 and celebrated the day by raising the flag over this little group which is isolated by hundreads of miles of sea from all other Pacific lands. Lonely Group of Three Islands Which Uncle Sam May … From WAKE ISLAND. - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/542347392 … |
| Mar 1, 1899 – The steamer Gaelic, from Hongkong and Yokohama, via Honolulu, arrived today. The Associated Press representative at Honolulu sends the following news, dated February 21: GUlAM AND WAKIfl ISLAND. Unlisng of Old Glory Over Thome. Dintant Ponxe”. * [ASSOCIATED DAY .] SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. … From GUAM AND WAKE ISLAND. - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/324387102 … |
| Mar 22, 1899 – The conditions under which Wake Island, midway between Honolulu and the Philippines, was taken possession of in the name of the United States by the commander of the Bennington on her voyage across the Pacific, are given in a report to the Navy Department from Commander Taussig, … From WAKE ISLAND OCCUPATION.; Commander Taussig’s Story of the … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res … |
| 1935 | Aug 9, 1935 – In June it made another flight pushing on past Honolulu to Mid way island. 1.323 miles distant. This time it is scheduled to fly on past Midway to lonely Wake island. 1.191 miles farther west, where Pan American recently completed construction of a special hase station. … From … .Scheduled Leav< Plane California For To Wake Leave California .Island … - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=7FEtAAAAIBAJ … |
| 1936 | Nov 15, 1936 – Proposals for spending $2041000 on seaplane bases at two tiny mid-Pacific islands were disclosed today, but State Department officials hastened to assert they had no military significance. Army engineers have recommended construction of a $1000000 project at Wake Island, … From … BASE MAPPED FOR PACIFIC; Army Proposes Wake Island as Well as … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res … |
| 1938 | Jun 8, 1938 – flying scientist, and his fire companions rested here today after completing the first non-stop flight from Honolulu to tiny Wake, island . The huge flying boat, the same type as used by the navy for long distance patrol flights, flew the more than 2.300 miles in 16 hours and 45 … From Scientists Fly From Honolulu To Wake Island . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=1JwLAAAAIBAJ … |
| 1939 | Feb 28, 1939 – WAKE ISLAND, Feb. 28. (Tuesday) (AP)–Capt. WA Cluthe today landed the 74-pas – senger clipper 18 at Wake Island ! after what he described as a rou- tine flight from Midway Island. The clipper, which carried mail and express but no paid passen- gers, completed the third phase of its … From Giant Clipper Lands at Wake Island - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/736217982 … |
| 1940 | Oct 19, 1940 – (Exclusive)–Pan American Airway’s radio station here received a message tonight from Wake Island, via Midway Island, saying a severe Pacific storm had passed over that region but that all personnel. Wake Island, Clipper Boase, Hit by Typhoon. All Personnel on Mid-Pacific Air Base … From Wake Island, Clipper Base, Hit by Typhoon - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/410440741 … |
| 1941 | From Wake Island Airfield - Related web pages en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Island_Airfield |
| Nov 28, 1941 – On November 28, 1941, the “Big E”—the flagship of Adm. William “Bull” Halsey—led her task group out of Pearl Harbor to deliver twelve Wildcats to Wake Island. On the way back, south of Midway, they ran into a storm, and Halsey ordered the group to slow down so the … From Heartland Heroes - Related web pages books.google.com/books?id=mtxMN5NdmCsC&pg=RA1 … |
| Nov 28, 1941 – On November 28, 1941, Cunningham, by now a Commander, reported for duty as Officer in Charge, All Naval Activities, Wake Island. His command briefing gave top priority to completing the naval air station, over any attention to improving the island’s defenses. From Winfield S. Cunningham - Related web pages en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winfield_S._Cunningham |
| Dec 4, 1941 – WAKE ISLAND (via Pan American Airways radio), Dec. 3 (UP.)Maxim Litvinoff, Russian Ambassador to the United States, reached Wake Island at 2:28 A. M ( Eastern standard time) today on the China Clipper after an 11 ^-hour flight from Guam. He departs tomorrow for Midway Island and … From Litvinoff at Wake Isle - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res … |
| Dec 4, 1941 – I LVAVES wakse iasiaxn. San Francisco Cal Dec 3 {jplThe. lvinloy look oft from Wake Island today Pan American Airwaya said The new Rusian ambassador to the United States Is ached uled to arrive at San Francisco Saturd3y lie Is en route to Waashington D 0. From LITVINOY LEAVES WAKE ISLAND. - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access … |
| Dec 8, 1941 – The first attempt at invading the island came on December 8, 1941, to coincide with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It was the day before around noon, if memory serves me correctly, that the task force left the island of Kwajalein for Wake Island. The task force …The first attempt at invading the island came on December 8, 1941, to coincide with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It was the day before around noon, if memory serves me correctly, that the task force left the island of Kwajalein for Wake Island. The task force consisted of 7 or 8 ships including a [light cruiser] as the head vessel, mine sweepers, a sub chaser and other smaller ships. The task force was accompanied by 600 men from the Uchida Division Special Naval Landing … From ffoozeki - Related web pages astro.temple.edu/~gurwin/ffoozeki.htm |
| Dec 9, 1941 – Wake Island is a rather isolated atoll, 1 034 miles south-west of Mid way. There have recently been con struction works to provide the neces sities for tender- based patrol aircraft, a channel for seaplane tenders, and a fully-equipped submarine base, and a landing field. One of … From GUAM, WAKE, AND OTHER ISLANDS . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=bWAQAAAAIBAJ … |
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| Dec 12, 1941 – WASHINGTON, Dec. 12–President Roosevelt said the small garrison of United States marines is still holding Wake Island. Wake Island Marines’ GunsEcho New War Cry-’Wake Up!’ By Richard L. Strout. Staff Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor. WASHINGTON, Dec. … From Wake Island Marines’ Guns Echo New War Cry-’Wake Up!’ - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access … |
| Dec 12, 1941 – officials of tho air lino that all American civilians had been taken from tho island In dramatic rescue. A clipper plane, with a cargo for the Burma Road, was in tho air between Wake Island and Hong Kong when the first Japanese were sighted off tho Wake Island air base, … From Wake Island Rescue Told - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=SfcjAAAAIBAJ … |
| Dec 12, 1941 – still holding Wake Island against Japanese attacks, President Roosevelt said today. He told his press conference that the Marines at Wake Island— a lonely station in the mid-pacific— is small and has done a magnificent job in withstanding Japanese assaults. Last night it was announced … From Marines Still Hold Woke Island . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=DU4bAAAAIBAJ … |
| Dec 13, 1941 – The heroic defenders of Wake and Midway, tiny Pacific islets, continued to hold the Japanese at bay today, while on the principal Philippine Island of Luzon, American land, sea, and air forces joined in a terrific struggle to smash repeated Japanese attacks. … From YANKS HOLD OFF FOE AT WAKE AND MIDWAY ISLANDS - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access … |
| Dec 17, 1941 – The Army also reported a “marked lessening of activity”i in the Philippines. The Navy disclosed that battered Wake Island -hs been subjected to two more bombing -one heav one light-but it added these cheering words: “Wake’ and, Midway are countering the Of a : enemy.” . … From Blows Still Hurled Back on Wake and Midway - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/414219691 … |
| Dec 19, 1941 – Mr. and Mrs. Dan Teeters, for merly of Ellensburg, are believed to be on Wake Island, which has been under attack by Japanese air and naval units since the outbreak of the, war in the Pacific, local friends of the couple said today. Teeters, an engineer for a constructlon firm here … From Former Local Residents On Wake Island . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=uro0AAAAIBAJ … |
| Dec 19, 1941 – CHICAGO Dec 19APthemarines on Wake Island and a policeman on picket detail settled a twomonthold defense in Chicago … had weeks observing a 3D machinists demanding recognition of an American of Labor union as bargaining agency when the story of Pearl Harbor and Wake Island came along … From Wake Island Ends Strike in Chicago - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access … |
| Dec 19, 1941 – Wake Island was attacked trace today by Japanese air.craft, the Navy reported. On the Russian front, continuing advances were the Somets, amid that Field Marshal Walthcr t on Brauchitsch had been replaced as the commander of the German forces. Meanwhile in North Africa, … From British Garrison Evacuates Penang; Cavite and Wake Attacked Again; US … - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access … |
| Dec 20, 1941 – Two more Japanese attempts to reduce the island of Wake failed yesterday and today, the Navy announced in a communique based on information received up to 9 AM, Eastern Standard Time. Two more Japanese attempts to reduce the island of Wake failed yesterday and today, … From WAKE ISLAND FIRM IN TWO MORE RAIDS; Japanese Increase Land … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res … |
| Dec 21, 1941 – He is buried on Wake Island. The Japanese, now based on nearby Marshall and Gilbert islands, mercilessly barrage Wake Island. After five days and an eighth attack, the US forces still hold the island, and on 21 December 1941, Caton sends some of the men …He is buried on Wake Island. The Japanese, now based on nearby Marshall and Gilbert islands, mercilessly barrage Wake Island. After five days and an eighth attack, the US forces still hold the island, and on 21 December 1941, Caton sends some of the men home for Christmas on a transport plane during a momentary lull in the fighting. Sensing that the end may be near for his outpost, Caton also sends with one of the returning men a full report to command and a personal … From Wake Island (1942) - Related web pages www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=94977 |
| Dec 22, 1941 – were reported speeding to reinforce American tanks locked in battle with Japanese inva sion columns 125 miles north of Manila today amid persistent .but .unconfirmed report . that 47 Japanese transports had been sunk off the Luzon coast. unspecified-’ strength have landed on 8.owned … From Navy Announces Nippon Forces Landed On Wake Island - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=vLo0AAAAIBAJ … |
| Dec 22, 1941 – When the meager defenses of Wake Island were threatened by two full squadrons of approaching Japanese fighter planes and dive bombers, Captain Freuler took off in company with one other friendly plane and, boldly defying the enemy’s vastly superior number and …The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Herbert C. Freuler (0-4683), Captain, US Marine Corps (Reserve), for extraordinary heroism and distinguished service in the line of his profession while serving as a Pilot in Marine Fighting Squadron TWO HUNDRED ELEVEN (VMF-211 ), Marine Air Group TWENTY-TWO (MAG-22), Naval Air Station, Wake Island, in action against enemy Japanese forces during the defense of Wake …From Navy Cross Awards to members of the US Marines in World War II - Related web pages www.homeofheroes.com/members/02_NX/citations … |
| Dec 23, 1941 – The Battle of Wake Island began simultaneously with the Attack on Pearl Harbor and ended on December 23, 1941, with the surrender of the American forces to the Japanese. It was fought on and around the atoll formed by Wake Island and its islets of Peale …The Battle of Wake Island began simultaneously with the Attack on Pearl Harbor and ended on December 23, 1941, with the surrender of the American forces to the Japanese. It was fought on and around the atoll formed by Wake Island and its islets of Peale and Wilkes Islands by the air, land and naval forces of the Empire of Japan against those of the United States of America, with Marines playing a prominent role on both sides. From Battle of Wake - Related web pages en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wake |
| Dec 24, 1941 – A navy communique this afternoon announced that the Japanese effected a landing on Wake Island this morning. It was a laconic statement, barren of details of a combat that when all facts are known promises to become a classic episode in American arms. JAPS ON WAKE ISLANDl MARINES’ FATE … From JAPS ON WAKE ISLAND; MARINES’ FATE IN DOUBT - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access … |
| Dec 24, 1941 – On December 24, 1941, the newspapers reported the attack on Wake Island by the Japanese. The diary of a high school girl named “Ginger” for Christmas Eve reads : “Wake Island was lost to the Japs. Merry Christmas . . . Ha! Had our presents today, instead …But there was more than holiday inconvenience to deal with that year. On December 24, 1941, the newspapers reported the attack on Wake Island by the Japanese. The diary of a high school girl named “Ginger” for Christmas Eve reads : “Wake Island was lost to the Japs. Merry Christmas . . . Ha! Had our presents today, instead of tomorrow. I got a Chinese doll, a panda, a cute little bridesmaid doll, a little candle holder & candle, a large box of candy, lipstick , evening … From Hawaii Reporter: Hawaii Reporter - Related web pages www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?d2e7f541 … |
| Dec 25, 1941 – Washington, Dec. 24. — (AP.) –Here is the cryptic log of small Marine garrison’s epic defense of Wake Island as told in Navy Department communiques: Washington, Dec. 24. — (AP.) –Here is the cryptic log of small Marine garrison s epic defense of Wake Island as told in Navy … From Wake Island Defense Told in Cryptic Log - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/861070522 … |
| Dec 26, 1941 – nounced that radio communication with Wate Island has ceased, and by the Japanese U pro- . Tokio Radio officially admit that the Japanese Navy lost two destroy•n. in the landing operations at Wake Island. Wake Island, the Japanese was occupied completely on Tuesday by Japanese naval … From WAKE ISLAND CAPTURED . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=8hsTAAAAIBAJ … |
| Dec 26, 1941 – reported that Wake Island was occupied completely on Tuesday by Japanese naval forces which defied blazing American defence guns raging seas and a violent gale to carry … The Tokyo Radio has officially announoed that the Navy lost two destroyers in the landing opera Lions on Wake Island. From Capture Of Wake Island . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=emAQAAAAIBAJ … |
| Dec 29, 1941 – As an appropriate slogan for the American fighting forces, the words “Remember Wake Island” seem even better than “Remember Pearl Harbor.” Pearl Harbor recalls a time when we were caught asleep, while the story of Wake Island is worthy to go down in history in company with that of the … From Wake Island, a Bright Page in Our History - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/414260861 … |
| 1942 | Jan 4, 1942 – The department said today that the fate of some 400 marines on Wake Island, America’s little outpost in the Pacific which fell to the Japa- .nw Marines Sank Four. Japanese Warships. BY WILLARD EDWARDS. IWhicron Tribune Irecs Service.J. HWashington, DC, Jan. 3. … From SAGA OF HEROISM SEEPS THRU MIST OF WAKE ISLAND - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access … |
| Jan 9, 1942 – The Navy Department announced today the sinking of six more Japanese ships than had heretofore been reported. They consisted of two additional vessels sunk at Wake Island, bringing to seven the. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. (iP)-The Navy Department an- nounced today the sinking of six more … From President Lauds Gallant Defense of Wake Island - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/414308251 … |
| Jan 20, 1942 – their ordeal beards and soiled uniforms, 1235 men captured on Wake island by the Japanese have arrived at Yoko hama. The prisoners included Comdr. Winfred Cunningham, described as commander of the United States forces on Wake Island, and Nathan Daniel Tetera, civilian in charge of … From Yanks Captured At Wake Island Landed In Japan . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=YL4LAAAAIBAJ … |
| Jan 30, 1942 – Yes if you read it in con— with another incident. While remembering Pearl Harbor remember— also Wake island. At Wake island, attacked a few hours after Pearl Harbor, a tiny American force stood off Japanese attack by sea and air. American force was 878 Marines, 7 medical personnel and … From Wake Island Vs. Pearl Harbor . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=zZsKAAAAIBAJ … |
| Mar 1, 1942 – deserted” when his craft approached it, an American submarine commander reported today. The date of his inspection was not given in a cryptic Naval announcement. The commander’s – observation of Wake Island was contained in a report on submarines operations released by the Navy. … From Wake Island Seems Deserted, Says Officer . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=6fwsAAAAIBAJ … |
| Mar 1, 1942 – Japanese imperial headquarters reported today that American naval forces attacked Wake‘ Island, damaging military installations, sinking, a Japanese patrol boat and causing casualties to the Japanese garrison. T OKYO, Feb. 2S. ( Japanese Broadcasts Rccorded by United Press at Ncw … From US Navy Raid on Wake Island Disclosed in Tokyo Broadcast - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/414441591 … |
| Mar 10, 1942 – Identification of the three pilots,the Marine Corps , waa made in additional reports on the $attle of Wake island lately received here. “Flying Grumman single-,” the announcement said,”Major Elrod and Captain Tharin,and two other pilots the of Wake when s fleet of enemy cruisers, … From … Pilots Sunk Japanese Warships; Report Depicts Heroism at Wake Island - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access … |
| Apr 27, 1942 – of three Wisconsin men and Com mander Winfield Scott Cunningham a native of Rockbridge, Wis. class private in the marine aviation detachment on Wake island He enlisted in the marines in March, 1941 His par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Bartelme. Bowler, last heard from him Dec. … From List State Men Held by Japs Wake Island Defenders Included in Report of … - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ye8ZAAAAIBAJ … |
| Jun 30, 1942 – Against Terrific Odds, Gallant Little Band of United States Fighting Men Held Out for 15 Days in December, Inflicting Heavy Losses on Planes and Ships That Attacked Them . Pacific. Ameri can have carried retribution to the Japanese invaders of Wake island. Dropping their henry loads of … From The Last Stand on Wake Island - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=2e4ZAAAAIBAJ … |
| Sep 2, 1942 – Now that the United States Marine Corps has given the Japs a dose of medicine in the Solomons and is poising, from all accounts, for further thrusts, this is a time for grim reflection upon a score which the Leathernecks have to pay off. Such a stern mediation-and a rousing tribute, … From THE SCREEN; ‘ Wake Island,’ a Stirring Tribute to the United States … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res … |
| Sep 12, 1942 – By Clark Lee .Associated Stiff Write . WITH THE UNITED STATES MARINES ON GUADALCANAL ISLAND, Aug. 24— delayed)— — we’ve started to pay them back for Wake Island,” I told today by American Marines who occupied Guadalcanal and Tulagi Islands in the southeastern Solo mons two weeks ago in … From Marines Pay Back Japs on Solomons For Wake Island . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=kDsNAAAAIBAJ … |
| Dec 23, 1942 – WASHINGTON. The— —first anniversary of the fall of Wake Island found American fighting men on the offensive from one end of the Pacific to the other and the United States corps vowing “we shall not stop until the men of Wake island are fully and completely avenged.” . … From Heroes of Wake Island on Way To Be Avenged . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=8rQKAAAAIBAJ … |
| Dec 26, 1942 – Japs Tell Raid. on Wake Island. Four Large American. Bombers Shot Down in Battle , Says Broadcast. TOKYO, Dec. 25. (Japanese Broadcast Recorded by United Press in London)-An imperial. headquarters communique today said that more than 10 American bombers of the Flying Fortress type … From Japs Tell Raid on Wake Island - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/416593811 … |
| 1943 | Jan 2, 1943 – Huge American bombers plunged from the high heavens today on unsuspecting Wake Island and plastered the Japs with 76 one. Enemy’s Bases Set Afire; Japs Caught Asleep. BY OLEN W. CLEMENTS. ICorrespondent representing all press associa-. tions on this assignment. 1 … From TELLS OF WAKE ISLAND RAID - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access … |
| May 18, 1943 – States army bombers, ranging more than 1.000 miles from their base, attacked Japanese installa tions on Wake island Saturday, the navy reported Tuesday. It was assumed that the big Amer ican planes flew from Midway island, 1190 statute miles to the northeast. … From Yanks Attack Wake Island - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=3zEdAAAAIBAJ … |
| May 19, 1943 – HEADQUARTERS OF THE 7TH AIR FORCE, May 17 (Delayed.) AP — Twenty-four thousand pounds of bombs were dropped on Wake Island May 15 by American Liberators in a mid-morning attack and, after shooting down three of 22… copting Zeros, the raiders re- Wined without loss. … From Americans Drop 12 Tons of Bombs on Wake Island - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/736223852 … |
| Jun 6, 1943 – MISSING IN PACIFIC MISSING IN PACIFIC ZAMPERINI, FLIER, MISSING IN PACIFIC Bombardier, Decorated for Part in Wake Island Raid, Often Shot Up NOTED FOR OLYMPIC PRANK Mile-Run Titleholder Tore Down Nazi Flag in Berlin in 1936 and Kept It LOS ANGELES, June 5 (AP) — Lieutenant Louis … From … PACIFIC; Bombardier, Decorated for Part in Wake Island Raid, Often Shot … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res … |
| Jul 27, 1943 – attacked Japanese-held Wake island, midway between Hawaii and the Philippines, while in the Southwest Pacific the Ameri cans were reported advancing in climactic assault against the prize enemy air base at Munda. The Wake flight was intercepted by a group of 30 Zero fighters. Of . … From Bombers Blast Wake Island, Win Sky Fight . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=aQktAAAAIBAJ … |
| Jul 28, 1943 – Evidence that Jappan is becoming alarmed over the security of its Central Pacific chain of island defenses was revealed today in a Navy war bulletin reporting the raid by Army Liberator bombers on enemy-held Wake Island. Installations Destroyed and Nine Zeros Shot Down at Cost of … From Heavy Bombers Attack Jap-Held Wake Island - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/418509301 … |
| Oct 7, 1943 – Japanese installations and the garrison at Wake Island were heavily bombed and shelled yesterday by a strong task force of the Pacific Fleet, said a communique issued today by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Japs Given. Rain of Shells land Bombs . PEARL HARBOR, Oct. 6. … From Wake Island Blasted by Naval Task Force - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/418685961 … |
| Oct 8, 1943 – By William Worden. Associated Press staff writer Silence— shrouds American activities at Wake island, for the moment the focal point of the many-tentacled war of the Pacific. The bombardment of Wake, an nounced Wednesday, can be only one of two things: Either a continuation of a series … From Silence Shrouds American Attack On Wake Island Central Pacific Is Focal … - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=dY0LAAAAIBAJ … |
| Oct 25, 1943 – The trouncing visited upon the Japanese on Wake Island by combined surface and aerial naval forces on Oct. 5 and 6 represents a magnificent victory of which Americans have every reason to be proud. Wake Island is a fighting reminder to us, and this successful foray goes a long way … From War and Air Power; Naval Assault on Wake Island Held Possible Only by … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res … |
| 1944 | Feb 11, 1944 – Navy Coronado bombers have attacked Wake Island for the third time in 11 days and both Navy and Army planes are bombing isolated Japanese bases throughout the Marshalls, supported by the big guns of the Pacific Fleet, Adm. Chester W. Wake Island. Bombed, Fleet Shells Atolls … From Wake Island Bombed, Fleet Shells Atolls - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/411433291 … |
| 1945 | Jul 21, 1945 – WASHINGTON — — Two survivors of the heroic marine garrison on Wake island said yesterday the defenders sur rendered the Japanese largely to prevent further slaughter of unarmed civilians. Seventy civilians had already been killed, along with 49 ma rines, when the little Pacific island … From Wake Island Given Up to Stop Further Slaughter of Civilians, Survivors … - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=Qb8wAAAAIBAJ … |
| Sep 12, 1945 – By the Associated Lieutenant Colonel James Devereux, commander of the heroic marines who early in the Pacific war held out gallantly on Wake Island until swamped by superior numbers of Japanese, yesterday was reported alive and in charge of a prisoner of war camp in Japan. … From Wake Island Commander On Hokkaido - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=wWMwAAAAIBAJ … |
| Sep 22, 1945 – James PS Devereux, heroic leader of the Wake Island garrison, and eleven other marines who participated in its storied defense against the Japanese, arrived by air today after almost four years of imprisonment. were sent to Oak Knoll Hospital for medical treatment despite the … From DEVEREUX IS BACK WITH WAKE HEROES; Island’s Defender and 11 … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res … |
| 1946 | Feb 27, 1946 – Devereux, whose wife died while. he was a prisoner of the Japanese, is en gaged to be married again. Engagement of the hero of Wake island to Miss Rachel Clarke Cooke of Baltimore was announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Irving Cooke. No date has been set for the wedding. … From Wake Island Hero To Marry Again . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=XMcvAAAAIBAJ … |
| 1947 | Jun 15, 1947 – epic of Wako Island but tho vital details will bear repetition Marino Colthen Maj Devereux who dl rected tho fight forced on fim less than two … of the garrison s life ans war prisoners In JapanThe juiciest superlatives havo been used up by earlier Wake Island narrators Suffice It to … From Col. Devereux’s Story of Wake Island Battle - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access … |
| 1950 | Apr 21, 1950 – Brig. Gen. James PS Devereux, retired, hero of the Marine Corps’ gallant but unsuccessful defense of Wake Island in the early stages of the Pacific War, announced today his candidacy for the Republican nomination to the House of Represantatives from the Second Maryland District. … From General Devereux, Hero of Wake Island, To Try for House as Maryland … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res … |
| Jun 22, 1950 – nine-year silence last night to blame the poor defense of Wake Island on military doctrine that put garbage trucks ahead of radar. The slight, wiry figure, who com manded the Marine detachment at Wake at the start of World War related the events of the Japanese onslaught publicly for … From Marine General Says Wake Island Defense Was Poor .Garbage Trucks … - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=OhkQAAAAIBAJ … |
| Sep 20, 1950 – The night I saw Wake Islandit was a shimmer of white the blueblack floor of thepacific 10000 feet below … Then a thin line of and the plane s over what appeared to bea beach patched with darknessWake Island a sliver a wishbone barely surface of the Pacific. A Barren Atoll … From Reflections on Wake Island: A Shimmer of White in the Moonlight - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access … |
| From Truman Library – Robert B. Landry Oral History Interview - Related web pages www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/landryr.htm |
| Oct 14, 1950 – Gen. MacArthur has arrived at Wake island for his conference with President Truman, American headquarters announced today. i. GEN. M ARTHUR SCENE WITH ADVISERS. Truman Will Hop .from Hawaii. BULLETIN. TOKYO, Oct. 14 (Saturday) -(AP )-Gen. MacArthur has arrived at Wake island for his … From WAKE ISLAND PARLEY TODAY - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access … |
| Oct 15, 1950 – President Truman and Gen. MacArthur today settled American foreign policy in the far east in a two hour early morning conference here. .. 11. FL PRESIDENT AND GEN, M ARTHUR CONFER ALONE. Very Satisfactory,’. Says Truman. BY PHILIP WARDEN. Tribune ? ] WAKE ISLAND, Oct. 15 [Sun- ... From END WAKE ISLAND PARLEY - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access ... |
| From HISTORY LINKS TRUMAN TO BAD GUESS IN KOREA - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access ... |
| Oct 15, 1950 - WAKE ISLAND Oct 15SundayThe first meetingbe tween President Truman and Gen macarthur today couldnt have been staged better by Cecil B De Mille ... The long awaited and historic first meeting was over in a few minutes They walked together to a battered 1948 sedan Wake Island's only ... From WAKE ISLAND MEET PERFECTLY TIMED - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/421455001 ... |
| Oct 15, 1950 - Wake Island where Presl4ent Truman and Gen macarthur met yesterday was the scene during the period from Dec 8 to 23 1941 first of a gallant ... and momentous defeat at Wake Island Instead the president superseded Adm Kim mel at a critical moment in the development of the Wake Island ... From WAKE IS ISLAND US LOST TO JAPS THRU FDR ACT - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access ... |
| Oct 23, 1950 - of what on at the mysterious Wake Island conference — except for one part. I have not been able to ascertain what took place during the solid hour when President Truman and Gejieral macarthur were alone together. Another part of picture puzzle is also missing — namely, why did macar ... From Truman And Macarthur Guardedly Cordial At Wake Island Meeting . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=fBAmAAAAIBAJ ... |
| Oct 28, 1950 - Twice within ten years isolated Wake Island has been headline news Nine years ago the public waited breathlessly for news of the valiant struggle waged by less than 500 United States Marines against overwhelming. By Capt Frederick L oliverunited States Navy Retired ... From Isolated Wake Island Basks in Newly Discovered Pacific Sun - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access ... |
| 1951 | May 3, 1951 - The controversy over just what was said at the Wake Island meeting between President Truman and Gen. Douglas MacArthur has increased, not lessened, with publication of the administration's account of the affair. Wake Island Documents . Add Fuel to Controversy. By Neal Stanford ... From Wake Island Documents Add Fuel to Controversy - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access ... |
| 1952 | Dec 8, 1952 - NEW YORK, Dec. 7 President-elect Eisenhower and five of the men he has chosen to be his Cabinet officers will begin a series of important policy conferences aboard the US heavy cruiser Helena, at Wake Island to-morrow . The five are Mr. John Foster Dulles (who will become Secretary of ... From VITAL WAKE ISLAND TALKS TO-DAY Eisenhower Calls Officials . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=YIUTAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1953 | Sep 11, 1953 - Wake Island where he and a small garrison of Marines fought against the Japanese in World War Mr. Devereux was the major in charge of some 500 men when the island fell to the Japanese Dec. 1941 Before surrending, the island defenders ac counted for 29 enemy planes, a cruiser, ... From Lawmaker To Visit Wake Island Where He Fought Japanese . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=uoYTAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1960 | Oct 12, 1960 - forced down at sea off Wake Island in a single engine plane is missing and a search is under way, the coast guard was advised today, Another Fargo flier safely landed his single engine plane at The two were attempting a nonstop flight from Oakland, , Calif., . to Manila. ... From Us Flier Missing In Record Attempt .Plane Is Located Off Wake Island . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=xQswAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1961 | Mar 1, 1961 - HONOLULUAPWSleepless since taking off from Miami Fla Monday morning Max Conrad 58 the flying grandfather from Minnesota took oft from here Tuesday during a light drizzle for Wake Island on his projectedroundtheworld record attempt in a twinengine plane Conrad said he expected to cover ... From MAX CONRAD FLYING TO WAKE ISLAND - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/732052452 ... |
| 1964 | Apr 30, 1964 - HONOLULU. May 1 UP) —Mrs. Joan Merriam Smith mg housewife from California landed safely al- Island last She completed the 1, 300mile flight from Guam in 12 hours 18 minutes. She said she plans to leave for Hono lulu sometime tomorrow. Mrs. Smith is in the final stages of an ... From Aviatrix Arrives At Wake Island Honolulu Next Stop On Global Journey . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=PmoUAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1966 | Dec 23, 1966 - December in another part of the world. It was 25 years ago today that Devereux, then a major, surrendered his forces to the Japanese on Wake Island in the Pacific - . just dayi after Pearl Harbor. The yean have not dimmed the memory to the slight, now balding man who spent nearly four ... From Marines On Wake Island Surrender To Japanese 25 Years Ago - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=ca0rAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1967 | Sep 18, 1967 - EVACUATE 500. ON STRICKEN. WAKE ISLAND. Honolulu. Sept. 17 .?-More than 500 dependents of Federal. Aviation administration person- nel on storm battered Wake Is- land have been evacuated to Hawaii. The women and children were flown to Honolulu by FAA, air force and coast guard planes ... From EVACUATE 500 ON STRICKEN WAKE ISLAND - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access ... |
| 1968 | Sep 25, 1968 - OMAHA, Neb. (UPI)--A Strategic Air Command KC135 Stratotanker crashed during an emergency landing due to engine trouble at Wake Island Tuesday. Eleven persons were killed and 23 were injured. The plane, with 56 persons aboard, was enroute from Anderson Air Force Base at Guam to the ... From SAC Personnel Die In Wake Island Crash - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/928171012 ... |
| 1969 | Dec 22, 1969 - In 1941 a message from Wake island in the Pacific said the American stronghold had fallen to the Japanese In 1965 the United States and South Vietnamese governments ordered a 30 hour truce on the Christmas holi days in the war with North. A thought for the day British physicist John ... From Monday .Wake Island Fell To Japanese . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=KQMqAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1971 | Jul 4, 1971 - Automation Industries Los Angeles reported it has received a $13.5 mil lion contract to provide air base services for the De partment of Defense on Wake Island through June 30 1974. From Wake Island Contract - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/640705492 ... |
| 1975 | Apr 28, 1975 - a total of 13 flights, each carrying about 200 persons, were scheduled to ar rive Sunday night. Powell, the senior immigration official on Guam, said first to be processed would be Americans with Vietnamese dependents, followed by Viet namese in special categories, such employes of the ... From Refugees Pour Into New Tent Cities At Guam, Wake Island, Philippines . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=dOoNAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1976 | Jan 6, 1976 - night U We had dinner there, we slept there and he wan waiting for Truman at airport," Col. Laurence Bunker said Mon day. Bunker, macarthur's aide de ramp for six years from April 1946 through Novem her 1952 Mid "there's absolutely no truth" to the much publicized story that marar thur ... From Macarthur's Aide Denies Incident At Wake Island . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=o7wMAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1986 | Mar 5, 1986 - MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) --- Retired Rear Adm. Winfield Scott Cunningham, 86, who commanded US forces on Wake Island when it was captured by the Japanese at the beginning of World War II, died Monday. Wake Island was the first US-defended territory to be claimed by the Japanese during ... From Adm. WS Cunningham; headed US forces on Wake Island - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/projo/access/601643611 ... |
| 1988 | Aug 7, 1988 - Gen. [James Devereux] enlisted in 1923 and was commissioned two years later. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, he commanded the 400- man Marine unit, along with q2 fighters, that held Wake Island. His unit tried to repel the Japanese invasion of Wake, … From Brig. Gen. James Devereux, Hero of Wake Island, Dies - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access … |
| 1991 | Dec 23, 1991 – Adm. Husband E. Kimmel, the luckless commander at Pearl Harbor, sent the Marines to Wake when war clouds gathered. He suspected correctly that it would be one of the first targets. “If Wake be defended, then for the Japanese to reduce it would require extended operations in an area … From WORLD WAR II FIFTY YEARS Wake Island sparkled at dark hour for US - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/projo/access/579300911 … |
| 1994 | From Wake Island evacuates as super typhoon bears down – Honolulu Star – … - Related web pages www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P3-1113538051.html |
| 2000 | May 12, 2000 – In its editorial of 12 May, 2000, the Honolulu Advertiser stated: “What is it about the Defence Department that makes it want to store hazardous waste on low- lying atolls? No matter how you slice it and no matter which atoll you choose – and no matter which …In its editorial of 12 May, 2000, the Honolulu Advertiser stated: “What is it about the Defence Department that makes it want to store hazardous waste on low- lying atolls? No matter how you slice it and no matter which atoll you choose – and no matter which atoll you choose – it’s a terrible idea. The Defence Logistics folks, in their wisdom, have decided to dump the stuff on Wake Island instead. That’s Wake Island, maximum elevation 12 feet, just as the hurricane season …From Toxic bases in the Pacific — Global Collaborative - Related web pages www.globalcollab.org/Nautilus/australia/apsnet … |
| 2006 | Aug 31, 2006 – HONOLULU — Typhoon Ioke knocked out Wake Island’s weather sensors on Thursday as it lashed the isle with some of the central Pacific’s fiercest winds in over a decade, the National Weather Service said. Forecasters monitoring the 2.5-square -mile atoll’s wind and temperature gauges from … From … Typhoon Knocks Out Weather Sensors on Wake Island in Central Pacific - Related web pages www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,211297,00.html |