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US Marines at Wake Island fought Japanese hours after Pearl Harbor


On December 8, 1941, the US garrison on Wake Island awoke to news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Japan s destruction of the US Pacific Fleet meant Wake Island was on its own against Japan s advance across the Pacific.
The garrison surrendered after a 16-day battle, but their resistance gave the US Navy breathing room and became a rallying cry for Americans.
Early on December 8, 1941, an American radio technician on Wake Island opened daily communications with the US Navy base at Pearl Harbor, located on the other side of the international date line.
The initial transmissions were unintelligible. Follow-up attempts revealed shocking and devastating news: Pearl Harbor was under attack by Japanese planes, and the US Pacific Fleet was crippled. ....

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Hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, US Marines took on the Japanese in what became the Alamo of the Pacific


Hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, US Marines took on the Japanese in what became the Alamo of the Pacific
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Japanese Navy destroyer Hayate during sea trials around 1925. Wikimedia Commons
On December 8, 1941, the US garrison on Wake Island awoke to news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Japan s destruction of the US Pacific Fleet meant Wake Island was on its own against Japan s advance across the Pacific.
The garrison surrendered after a 16-day battle, but their resistance gave the US Navy breathing room and became a rallying cry for Americans.
Early on December 8, 1941, an American radio technician on Wake Island opened daily communications with the US Navy base at Pearl Harbor, located on the other side of the international date line. ....

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