 | 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 northwestern... 177 KB (20,341 words) - 01:17, 25 April 2024 |
 | 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... 87 KB (9,917 words) - 00:38, 19 April 2024 |
Wake Island is an atoll in the Pacific Ocean. It may also refer to: Wake Island (film), starring Brian Donlevy USS Wake Island (CVE-65), a World War II... 398 bytes (86 words) - 12:24, 3 December 2023 |
 | The extinct Wake Island rail (Hypotaenidia wakensis) was a flightless rail and the only native land bird on the Pacific atoll of Wake. It was found on... 9 KB (1,097 words) - 20:43, 20 April 2024 |
 | The Wake Island Device is an award device of the United States military which is presented as a campaign clasp to both the Navy and Marine Corps Expeditionary... 3 KB (225 words) - 00:48, 3 December 2023 |
 | Wake Island Airfield (IATA: AWK, ICAO: PWAK, FAA LID: AWK) is a military air base located on Wake Island, which is known for the Battle of Wake Island... 20 KB (2,022 words) - 17:09, 20 April 2024 |
 | MacArthur met on Wake Island to confer about the progress of the Korean War. Truman decided he would meet MacArthur at Wake Island, "so that General... 5 KB (437 words) - 19:42, 27 October 2023 |
Wake Island is a 1942 American action drama war film directed by John Farrow, written by W. R. Burnett and Frank Butler, and starring Brian Donlevy, Robert... 16 KB (1,867 words) - 09:45, 24 February 2024 |
 | USS Wake Island (CVE-65) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was laid down under a United States Maritime Commission... 22 KB (3,018 words) - 12:25, 3 December 2023 |
 | Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island) and one in the Caribbean Sea (Navassa Island). The islands, though scattered across the Pacific and... 27 KB (2,007 words) - 18:30, 27 April 2024 |
 | Micronesia (redirect from Micronesian Islands) S. territory of Wake Island. The islands consist of 29 low-lying atolls and 5 isolated islands, comprising 1,156 individual islands and islets. The atolls... 68 KB (7,348 words) - 10:36, 17 April 2024 |
 | of any sovereign state. The country shares maritime boundaries with Wake Island to the north, Kiribati to the southeast, Nauru to the south, and the... 120 KB (11,432 words) - 17:23, 19 April 2024 |
 | The Wake Island Time Zone observes standard time by adding twelve hours to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+12:00). The clock time in this zone is based... 1 KB (99 words) - 18:11, 18 March 2024 |
 | on Hawaii or Wake Island. MacArthur replied that he "would be delighted to meet the President on the morning of the 15th at Wake Island". When MacArthur... 119 KB (15,097 words) - 03:39, 18 April 2024 |
Look up Wake or wake in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wake or The Wake may refer to: Wake (ceremony), a ritual which takes place during some funeral... 3 KB (426 words) - 14:39, 2 January 2024 |
Navy Expeditionary Medal (section Wake Island Device) The Wake Island Device is authorized for those service members who were awarded the Navy Expeditionary Medal through the defense of Wake Island. As the... 6 KB (534 words) - 10:22, 28 March 2024 |
 | Wilkes Island is a small islet that is part of the Wake Island, a remote atoll in the Pacific. The island is cut in half by a partially completed WW2 submarine... 7 KB (741 words) - 14:11, 8 March 2024 |
 | In fluid dynamics, a wake may either be: the region of recirculating flow immediately behind a moving or stationary blunt body, caused by viscosity, which... 6 KB (797 words) - 11:27, 20 March 2024 |
 | complex $230 million missile defense system test event conducted at Wake Island and the surrounding ocean areas. The objective was to test the ability... 89 KB (7,699 words) - 02:55, 19 April 2024 |
| Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, the Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island. Moore... 177 KB (14,622 words) - 08:23, 16 April 2024 |
of Wake Island. The avifauna of Wake Island include fifty-five species, of which one is endemic, and one has been introduced by humans. Wake Island is... 10 KB (1,247 words) - 00:38, 16 July 2023 |
Paul A. Putnam (section World War II and Wake Island) during the defense of Wake Island in December 1941. He was awarded the Navy Cross for heroism during the defense of Wake Island. He survived three and... 7 KB (672 words) - 15:44, 26 December 2023 |
 | Outlying Islands (Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island). Crocombe noted that Easter Island, Lord Howe... 43 KB (4,267 words) - 12:33, 27 April 2024 |
 | Walter L. J. Bayler (section Duties on Wake Island) famed during World War II as the "Last Man Off Wake Island" and the only American to see combat at Wake Island, Midway and Guadalcanal. A naval aviator and... 22 KB (2,386 words) - 09:34, 14 July 2023 |
 | Peale Island is one of three islands in the Wake Island atoll, which lies in the Pacific Ocean between Guam and Midway. The atoll was from 1935 the site... 29 KB (3,577 words) - 17:58, 1 December 2023 |
 | on the island, staffing the Wake Island Airfield and communications facilities. U.S. sovereignty is disputed by the Republic of Marshall Islands. This... 41 KB (1,921 words) - 18:43, 21 April 2024 |
 | Zulu time (UTC±00:00) when on these islands. Baker Island and Howland Island are in UTC−12:00, while Wake Island is in UTC+12:00. Because they exist on... 25 KB (2,438 words) - 18:45, 3 April 2024 |
 | found a lot of pictures of Marines that had been cut up and mutilated on Wake Island. The next thing you know there are Marines walking around with Jap ears... 44 KB (5,704 words) - 02:13, 13 April 2024 |
 | Winfield S. Cunningham (category Battle of Wake Island) Activities, Wake Island when the tiny island was attacked by the Japanese on December 8, 1941. Cunningham commanded the defense of the island against the... 13 KB (1,240 words) - 15:40, 26 December 2023 |
 | in 1942 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for Wake Island, and in 1957 he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for... 43 KB (4,704 words) - 18:12, 2 April 2024 |