Given up for dead: America's heroic stand at Wake Island 9780307418081, 0307418081
An account of America's first battle of World War II describes the ordeal of American soldiers and civilians who de
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English Pages (352 pages) : illustrations Year 2003;2007
Table of contents :
U.S Military Personnel Killed in Action at Wake Island or Died in Pow Camps --
American Civilians Executed on Wake Island After the U.S. Surrender --
A Place at the Ends of the Earth --
A Massive Awakening --
Too Little and Too Late --
"Those Aren't B-17s--They're Japs!" --
Picking Up the Pieces --
The Spider and the Fly --
A Bloodied Foe--and Pure Elation --
"Send Us More Japs!" --
Waiting, Watching, and Sweating --
The Beginning of the End --
A Battle That "Made the Gods Weep" --
Hanna, Holewinski, and Hellfire --
"It's Not My Order, Goddamn It!" --
Wilkes--The Victory Nobody Noticed --
"We'd Rather Have Died Fighting" --
The "Alamo of the Pacific" --
The Terrible Voyage of the Nitta Maru --
POWs--The Longest, Toughest Fight --
The Peace and the Price --
Fading Images and Forgotten Heroes --
Afterword: Could Wake Have Been Saved? --
Wake Atoll, 2003.
