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The US annexed Wake Island in 1899 for a cable station. Pan American Airways
opened a Clipper station in the late 1930s and it was a major stop over for
the orient for PAA. The U.S. Navy began to build up the island as an
important air and naval base in 1940-41.

In December 1941, the island was captured by the Japanese and held until the end of World War II. In subsequent years, Wake was developed as a stopover and refueling site for military and commercial aircraft transiting the Pacific with the F.A.A in charge.

Since 1974, the island's airstrip has been used by the US military and some
commercial cargo planes, as well as for emergency landings. Only a small
number of people remain on the island when at one time over 5,000 men, women
and children were on Wake at its peak.

Presently there are over 700 landings a year on the island.

Books About Wake Island

Given up for Dead: America's Heroic Stand at Wake Island
ISBN 0-553-80302-6

Guests of the Emperor
ISBN 0345361989

Memoir of a Civilian POW

The Hell Wouldn't Stop
ISBN 0-7867-1096-9

Pacific Alamo (The Battle of Wake Island)
ISBN 0-451-20873-0

A Magnificent Fight
ISBN 1-55750-140-8

Enemy on Island. Issue in Doubt
ISBN 0-933126-39-5

Last Stand! Famous Battles Against the Odds
ISBN 0-85368-997-0
ISBN 1-85409-188-3 (PBK)

Facing Fearful Odds: The Siege of Wake Island
ISBN 0-8032-4555-6

Wake Island Command

Wake Island Pilot
ISBN 157488204X

Films About Wake Island

Wake Island (1942) (fictional portrayl)

Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific (documentary)

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