Battle of Wake Island
American forces
CinCPac Commandant, 14th Naval District Island Commander, Wake. Winfield S.

Battle of Wake Island

Section Title: American forces
Table Section Text: CinCPac Commandant, 14th Naval District Island Commander, Wake. Winfield S.

1st Defense Battalion Detachment, Wake – Major James P.S. Devreaux

Unit	Commander	Remarks

5-inch Artillery Group	Maj. George H. Potter

3-inch Artillery Group	Capt. Bryght D. Godbold

Independent batteries

VMF-211 (Marine Corps Fighter Squadron)	Maj. Paul A. Putnam	Equipped with 12 Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat fighters

1st Defense Battalion	Maj. James Devereux	Understrength - total 450 officers and men

Sentence(s)

The defense battalion was supplemented by Marine Corps fighter plane squadron VMF-211, consisting of 12 F4F-3 Wildcat fighters, commanded by marine aviator Major Paul A. Putnam.

final_sentence: The defense battalion was supplemented by Marine Corps fighter plane squadron VMF-211, consisting of 12 F4F-3 Wildcat fighters, commanded by marine aviator Major Paul A. Putnam.