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Wake Island

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United States Marine Corps memorial to the defenders of Wake Island in December 1941. For 16 days, beginning 8 December 1941, a combined military force of Marine ground and air units, Naval aviation personnel, and an Army detachment - augmented by civilian contractors - resisted near constant attacks by Japanese forces. In the end the island defenders were overwhelmed by the Japanese forces who then occupied the atoll until the end of World War II. Photo courtesy of the US Air Force.
Wake Island memorial to 98 civilian contractors killed by Japanese soldiers during their occupation of the island in World War II. Photo courtesy of the US Air Force.
An aerial view of Wilkes Island, one of the three islands making up Wake Atoll. Located on the west side of the atoll, Wilkes Island is now home to a bird sanctuary of approximately 12 different species of both sea and shore birds and about 40,000 birds total. This conservation effort is a joint project between the US Air Force and the US Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior. Photo courtesy of the US Air Force.
Sunset over Wilkes Island, one of the three islands making up Wake Atoll. Image courtesy of the US Air Force.
Rainbow over Wake Island. Image courtesy of the US Air Force.
Wake island bird sanctuary. Image courtesy of the US Air Force.
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