Wake Island as seen from the east.  This photograph provides a good view of the atoll's unapproachable north shore.  (Courtesy John A. Hartung)

MARINE LINK:  THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

HYPERWAR:  U.S. MARINE CORPS IN WORLD WAR II
        Includes The Defense of Wake by Lt. Col. R. D. Heinl Jr. (1947), and
        A Magnificent Fight:  Marines in the Battle for Wake Island by Robert J. Cressman (1992).

THE PEARL HARBOR ATTACK HEARINGS

NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER

U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE

WORLD WAR II RESOURCES

MORRISON KNUDSEN CORPORATION

STONE & STONE SECOND WORLD WAR BOOKS

UNITED STATES STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEY:  SUMMARY REPORT (PACIFIC WAR)

 Pfc. Carl E. Stegmaier Jr., Battery I, Wake Island Detachment, First Defense Battalion, posing in full marching order with his trusty Model 1903 Springfield rifle in camp at San Diego, California, circa 1940.  (Courtesy Carl E. Stegmaier Jr.)

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