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050  4 D767.99.W3|bC74 1995 
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100 1  Cressman, Robert. 
245 12 A magnificent fight :|bthe battle for Wake Island /
       |cRobert J. Cressman. 
264  1 Annapolis, Md. :|bNaval Institute Press,|c[1995] 
264  4 |c©1995 
300    1 online resource (xiv, 324 pages) :|billustrations, maps 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-312) and 
       index. 
520    Soon after Japanese carrier-based planes attacked the U.S.
       Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Japanese land-based bombers
       pounded Wake Island, an American advanced base that was 
       key to the U.S. Navy's strategy in the Pacific. Throughout
       the next two weeks Japanese planes bombed Wake almost 
       daily, but its determined defenders held out, providing a 
       badly needed lift to American morale. The author examines 
       the defense plans prepared before the war and how grim 
       necessity compelled the modification of those plans. The 
       central part of the work recounts how the Wake garrison 
       survived nearly daily bombings and repulsed the first 
       Japanese attempt to take the atoll. This small band of 
       defenders consisted of marines from an understrength 
       defense battalion and a composite aviation unit equipped 
       with a dwindling number of fighter planes, augmented by 
       sailors and civilian volunteers. An army signal corps 
       radio unit was the island's only contact with the outside 
       world. This is the first American study of Wake's defense 
       to use extensive Japanese materials - many never before 
       tapped or previously unavailable to Western historians - 
       to identify the enemy order of battle and the roles each 
       unit played in the drama. The book also examines the 
       atoll's development as a strategic American base. Readers 
       specifically interested in World War II, the Pacific war, 
       and Navy/Marine Corps history will enjoy this book, as 
       will a more general audience drawn to fast-moving stories 
       of quiet courage in the face of tremendous odds. 
588 0  Print version record. 
611 07 Wake Island, Battle of (Wake Island : 1941)|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst01169982 
648  7 1941|2fast 
650  0 Wake Island, Battle of, Wake Island, 1941. 
650  7 HISTORY|zEurope|xWestern.|2bisacsh 
651  7 Wake Island.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01259615 
651  7 Wake Island|xSchlacht (1941)|2swd 
655  4 Electronic books. 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aCressman, Robert.|tMagnificent fight.
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