Search results
W.R. Burnett. Screenplay, Story. John Farrow. Director. Frank Butler. Screenplay. In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.
Wake Island is a 1942 war film directed by John Farrow, starring Brian Donlevy, Macdonald Carey, Robert Preston, Albert Dekker, and William Bendix. It is a dramatization of the siege of Wake Island in December of 1941, made less than six months after the end of the Real Life battle. Major Geoffrey Caton (Donlevy) of the United States Marine ...
The heroic defense of Wake Island in December 1941 by some 385 US marines has not only been reproduced as a screen feature almost minutely faithful to the facts but without stooping to cheapness ...
Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific: Directed by Craig Haffner. With Brad Borman, John R. Dale, Robert F. Haidinger, Ralph J. Holewinski. This documentary is a captivating account of the defense of Wake Island by a small contingent of United States Marines and civilian contractors.
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.
APO / Zip Code. 96898. 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 Pacific Ocean. The atoll is composed of three islets and a reef surrounding a lagoon. The nearest inhabited island is Utirik Atoll in the Marshall Islands, located 592 ...
Feb 4, 2024 · Wake was bombed and shelled repeatedly. The Japanese ate the birds on the island, a rare species, to extinction. New American bomber pilots used Wake as an actual combat training ground as they transited to the front. Only 1,200 men were let alive when the garrison surrendered on September 4, 1945. Sakaibara was arrested and tried for war crimes.
