TY  - BOOK
AU  - DEVEREUX James
TI  - The story of Wake Island
SN  - 0898392640 (hbk.):
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Nashville, Tenn., USA
PB  - Battery Press
KW  - PACIFIC CAMPAIGN
KW  - PERSONAL ACCOUNTS
KW  - SECOND WORLD WAR
KW  - WAKE ISLAND
N2  - First published in 1947 this is the first hand account by the U.S. Garrison Commander of the loss of Wake Island to the Japanese, subsequent imprisonment, and its eventual recapture by American forces. As commander his instructions were to hold the island as long as humanly possible - which the tiny garrison did for fourteen days against bombing and substantial naval and ground forces
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