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  2. Wake Island - Wikipedia

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    Wake Island (Marshallese: Δ€nen Kio, lit. 'island of the kio flower'), also known as Wake Atoll, is a coral atoll in the Micronesia subregion of the Pacific Ocean. The atoll is composed of three islets – Wake, Wilkes, and Peale Islands – surrounding a lagoon encircled by a coral reef.

  3. Battle of Wake Island - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Wake Island Airfield - Wikipedia

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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 during World War II. It is owned by the U.S. Air Force and operated by the 611th Air Support Group .

  5. Peale Island - Wikipedia

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    Location of Peale islet within Wake. Peale is on the north-west side of Wake Island, and major points on Peale include Toki Point, which is the western cape of Peale.On the southern side there is an extension of land into the lagoon that points south-east and ends at Flipper Point. [3]

  6. Wilkes Island - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  7. Micronesia - Wikipedia

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    Wake Island is a coral atoll with a coastline of 19 km (12 mi) just north of the Marshall Islands. It is an unorganized, unincorporated territory of the United States. Access to the island is restricted and all activities on the island are managed by the United States Air Force. While geographically adjacent, it is not ethnoculturally part of ...

  8. United States Minor Outlying Islands - Wikipedia

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    Brown boobies atop pier posts at Johnston Atoll, September 2005. The United States Minor Outlying Islands is a statistical designation applying to the minor outlying islands and groups of islands that comprise eight United States insular areas in the Pacific Ocean (Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island) and one ...

  9. Henry T. Elrod - Wikipedia

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    Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal with Wake Island Device Henry Talmage " Hammerin' Hank " Elrod (September 27, 1905 – December 23, 1941) was a US Marine Corps aviator . He was the first aviator to receive the Medal of Honor during World War II , for his heroism in the defense of Wake Island .