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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...
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    Wake Island (Marshallese: Ānen Kio, lit. 'island of the kio flower'; also known as Wake Atoll) is a coral atoll in the Micronesia subregion of the northwestern...
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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...
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    Wake Island Airfield (IATA: AWK, ICAO: PWAK, FAA LID: AWK) is a military air base located on Wake Island, which is known for the Battle of Wake Island...
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  • American aircraft carrier Battle of Wake Island, an early World War II battle for the island USS Wake, a WW2 ship named for Wake Island This disambiguation...
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    The Wake Island Device is an award device of the United States military which is presented as a campaign clasp to both the Navy and Marine Corps Expeditionary...
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    Shigematsu Sakaibara (category Battle of Wake Island)
    Retrieved 2007-08-25. The Defense of Wake A Magnificent Fight: Marines in the Battle for Wake Island Part Three: The Defense of Wake Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2000–2005)...
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    Wilkes Island is a small islet that is part of the Wake Island, a remote atoll in the Pacific. The island is cut in half by a partially completed WW2 submarine...
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    Winfield S. Cunningham (category Battle of Wake Island)
    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...
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    Henry T. Elrod (category Battle of Wake Island)
    the first aviator to receive the Medal of Honor during World War II, for his heroism in the defense of Wake Island. Elrod was born on September 27, 1905...
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