WAKE ISLAND
Subtitle: To The Men Who Served in the defense of Wake Island - Army,Navy,Marines, And Civilians.
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott Company
Published: 1947
Place of publication: New York
Format: Hard Cover
Number of pages: 252
Description: Description of the actual military combat battle of World War Two of the successful Japanese military Naval 
  Landing combat Force  to capture/seize  the island of Wake Island  against occupying US Marines, US Navy, US Army   
   and US Civilian Personnel in armed combat defense of the distant Pacific island of Wake Island.
Table of contents: title: List Of Illustrations(Following page 128); title: Preface by Robert E. Sherwood; title: The White House; title: Washington; title: 5 January 1942; title: Citation By; title: The President of the United States; title: of; title: The Wake Detachment of the 1st Defense Battalion,U.S. Marine Corps, under command of Major James P.S. Devereux, U.S. Marines; title: and; title: Marine Fighting Squadron 211 of Marine Aircraft Group 21, under command of Major Paul A. Putnam, U.S. Marines; title: The courageous conduct of the officers and men of these units,who defended Wake Island against an overwhelming superiority of defense air,sea,and land attacks from December 8 to 22,1941, has been noted and with admiration by their fellow countrymen and the civilized world,and will not be forgotten so long  as gallantry and heroism are respected and honored. These units are commended for their  devotion to duty and splendid conduct at their battle stations under these adverse conditions. With limited defense means against attacks in great  force, they manned their shore installations and flew their aircraft so well that five enemy warships were either sunk or severely damaged, many hostile planes shot down, and an unknown; title: number of land troops destroyed.; title: Part I Mission to Wake (Page 19 to Page 41); title: Part  II The Attack (Page 42 to Page Page 54); title: Part III Afternoon, December 8 (Page 55 to Page  65); title: Part III The Second Round (Page 66 to Page 79); title: Part V  Task Force (Page 80 to Page 92); title: Part VI "All JAPS ARE LIARS" (Page 93 to Page 103); title: Part VII  When Time Stood Still (Page 104 to Page 117); title: Part VIII  The Misfortunes of Sergeant Gragg (Page 118 to Page 123); title: Part IX  The Lucky Dollar  (Page 124 to Page 138); title: Part X December 22 (Page 139 to Page 163); title: Part XI December 23 (Page 147 to 163); title: Part XII "The Men from Mars" (Page 165 to Page 186); title: Part XIII The Saga of Wilkes  (Page 187 to Page 198); title: Part 199  ". . . And a Happy New Year" (Page 199 to Page 216); title: including the following; title: Commander of the Prisoner Escort; title: Navy of the Great Japanese Empire; title: Regulations for Prisoners; title: 1. The prisoners disobeying the following orders will be punished with immediate death:; title: (a)                      Twelve; title: to                        Capital; title: (l)                           Crimes; title: Part  XV Prison Camp (Page 217 to Page 228); title: Part XVI  "The Mount Fuji Project" (Page  229 to page 241); title: Part XVII  Postcript to Wake  (Page  242 to Page 244); title: APPENDIX  Rosters of Marine,Naval and Army Personnel; title: engaged in the defense of Wake Island  (Page245 to Page 252)