Roosevelt, James, 6
Rorke’s Drift, 2, 194
Rosandick, George, 10–13, 20, 23, 26, 28, 31, 34, 38, 69, 103, 105, 201, 215, 217, 218, 238, 243, 254–255, 262, 270
Row, Earl, 121
Rutledge, R.R. “Cap,” 163
Saint-Mihiel, 75
Saito, Toshio, 203, 208, 263
Sakaibara, Shigemitsu, 236, 237, 249–250, 263
Samoa, 19
San Antonio, Texas, 195
Sanders, Jacob R., 58, 102, 120, 205, 214, 245, 248, 253, 254, 259
Sanderson, Lawton H., 249–250
San Diego, California, 9, 20, 36
San Juan Hill, Battle of, 116
Santo Domingo, 31
Saratoga, Battle of, 116
Saturday Evening Post, The, 196, 257
Saving Private Ryan (movie), 261
Scarritt, Harry H., 116
Schneider, Cece, 266
Schneider, LeRoy N., 219, 266
Shanghai, 4, 207, 208, 240
Shank, Lawton E., 63, 69–72, 104, 126, 188, 190, 198, 233–236, 262
Sheean, Vincent, 79
Sherwood, Robert, 79
Shindo, Yoshihiro, 215–216, 226
Shores, Robert E., 205
Singapore, 2
Sloman, Wiley W., 153–154
Snyder, Walter, 116
Sorenson, John P., 75, 163, 171
Soryu (aircraft carrier), 138
South China Sea, 1
Spanish-American War, 16
Sparks, Pearl Ann, 13–14, 27, 55, 82, 97, 103, 110, 113, 231, 255
Spartans, 2, 98
Stark, Harold R., 4, 34, 41, 132, 192
Staten, Mark, 226
Stevens, Fred J., 235
Stevens, Robert L. “Red,” 146, 155–156
Stewart, Jesse L., 217–218, 223, 234, 235, 264–265
Stock market crash of 1929, 17
Stocks, Artie, 153
Stockton, Maurice R., 64
Sullivan brothers, 116
Sutherland, Harold, 207
Swanson, Claude A., 18
Tachibana Maru (ship), 235, 236
Tada, Sergeant, 234–236, 261
Tahara, Isao, 135
Takano, Toyoji, 136, 139, 143, 145, 147, 152, 154, 157
Tallentire, Gilson A., 136
Tangier (seaplane tender), 118, 123, 133
Tarawa, 233, 271
Task Force 14, 118, 132–133
Tatsuta (light cruiser), 81
Taylor, Bill, 240
Tenryu (light cruiser), 81
Teters, Florence, 33, 40, 128, 229
Teters, Nathaniel Daniel “Dan,” 22, 23, 30, 33, 36–38, 40, 45, 49, 51, 52, 71, 75, 76, 94, 98, 99, 107, 109, 121, 126, 128, 140, 190, 206, 217, 229, 240, 257–258, 261, 262
Thailand, 4
Tharin, Frank C., 62, 85, 91, 171, 189, 199
Thermopylae, 2, 98, 194
Thomas, Owen G., 69
Thompson, Harold R., 32
Time magazine, 5, 96, 112, 116, 117, 194
Tojo, Hideki, 37
Toki Point, 43, 51, 57, 75, 141
Tokyo Rose, 133
Trenton, Battle of, 194
Tripartite Pact of 1940, 34
Tripp, Glenn E., 57, 207
Triton (submarine), 32
Tsuji, Norio, 59
Tully, Grace, 3, 4
Tunney, Gene, 116
Uchida, Kinichi, 82, 136, 138, 158, 159, 169, 170
Uchida Company, 157, 158, 160, 171
USS Arizona, 135
USS Bennington, 241
USS Enterprise, 41, 133, 205
USS Juneau, 116
USS Levy, 249
USS Saratoga, 117, 118, 133
Valov, John M., 56, 110, 161, 165, 265, 267
Vandegrift, Alexander, 252
Veterans Administration (VA), 260
Vietnam War, 260, 262
Wade, T.Q., 161, 165–166
Wake, Samuel, 16
Wake (gunboat), 211
Wake Island (see also Prisoners of war)
air attacks on Japanese, 91–93
aircraft repair on, 70–72, 92, 101, 106–107, 126–127
air defenses of, 41–42, 53, 59, 70, 85, 125, 135–136
American bombing of, 236–237
American surrender of, 177–189, 246
Battery A, 67, 87–89, 95, 108, 165, 186
Battery B, 45, 90, 185
Battery D, 43, 50, 51, 54, 56, 75, 77, 99, 105, 106, 126, 134
Battery E, 43, 71, 73, 75, 136, 161, 168, 180
Battery F, 140
Battery L, 86, 89, 90, 95, 141
biographies of construction workers on, 10–15, 20–23
biographies of flyers on, 42–43
biographies of Marines on, 7–10, 30–32, 35
bombing by Japanese of, 55–61, 67–70, 73–74, 81, 101–105, 109, 119, 124, 131, 134–136, 140, 155, 174
burial of American dead on, 98, 189–190
Camp 1, 51, 52, 56, 57, 73, 101, 104, 139, 157, 159, 161, 162, 166, 167, 176, 182, 183
Camp 2, 56, 63, 68, 71, 190
casualties on, 58–64, 67–72, 77, 93, 127, 134–135, 191
civilian army on, 38, 74–77, 83, 88, 94–95, 107–110, 163, 174–175, 182, 266–267
civilian duties on, 26
claimed by U.S. (1898), 16
climate of, 22
on commercial airline route, 18
communications on, 36
December 11 invasion attempt repulsed, 82–98, 100, 102, 136
December 23 landing by Japanese on, 124, 133, 138–177
Devereux’s leadership style, 36
discovery of, 15, 16
early-warning system on, 52–54
fear of defenders on, 120–122
food on, 26–27, 29, 107–108
geography of, 2, 15
gun positions moved on, 71, 73, 99, 100
hope for reinforcements on, 66, 84, 94, 101, 117–118, 122–123, 125–126, 130–134
hospital bombed on, 68–69
information from home on, 110–113
Wake Island
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and, 49–51
Japanese life on, 237–238
Japanese on strength of, 80–81
Japanese surrender of, 249–250
land defenses of, 25, 28–29, 35–36, 38–39, 43–44, 46, 53, 72, 100–101
leisure activities on, 27–28, 32, 45–46
letters from, 127–129
living quarters on, 25, 26, 29
map of position in Pacific Ocean, 24
Marine duties on, 28–30
Marine squadron VMF-211, 41–42, 47, 49, 59–61, 70, 83, 106, 125–127, 135–136, 161, 191, 193
mess hall on, 26–27, 29
morale on, 93–94, 100–102, 110, 113, 122–123, 126, 140
motion picture about, 116, 196, 257, 261
naval bombardment by Japanese of, 85–88, 93
news reports on, 111–117, 125, 136, 193–195
postwar command controversy, 256–258
propaganda stunt regarding, 111–112
radar, lack of, 44–45, 52, 65, 72
reaction to fall of, 192–196
recall of relief expedition to, 133–134, 177, 192–193
revisiting, 269–270
sanitation on, 122
sleep deprivation on, 119–120
strategic importance of, 18–20
Wake Island (movie), 116, 196, 257, 261
“Wake Island” (song), 195
Wake Island Wig-Wag, 260
Wake Wig Wag, The, 28, 38
Wallace, Verne L., 66, 105–106
War Claims Acts of 1948 and 1952, 268
War criminals, 262–263
Waronker, Alvin J., 50
Washington, George, 196
Washington Daily News, 247
Washington Post, 97, 114, 125, 137, 192, 193, 231
Washington Times-Herald, 251
Webb, Henry G., 59
Whangpoo River, 208
Wheeler, Burton K., 219, 245
Whitney, Hans, 14–15, 21, 22, 51, 55, 57, 68, 84, 111, 202, 205, 214–215, 222, 225, 226, 239, 242, 244, 245, 248
Wiggenhorn, John, 64
Wilkerson, Earl, 57
Wilkes, Charles, 16
Wilkes Channel, 72
Wilkes Island, 16, 23, 26, 43, 44, 56, 64, 72–74, 78, 81, 86, 87, 94, 101, 102, 105, 108, 139, 141, 142–156, 176, 178, 182–186, 198, 262
William Ward Burrows (ship), 21
Wilson, Henry S., 50, 52, 70, 179, 190
Wilson, Mrs. Woodrow, 6
Wilson, Woodrow, 6
Woosung Shanghai War Prisoners Camp, 208–227, 237, 238, 240
World War I, 5, 17, 75
Wright, Johnalson “Bustgut,” 31, 38, 68, 74, 105, 106, 121, 126, 132, 134–135, 262
Yawata Iron Works Camp No. 3, 239
Yokohama, Japan, 206–207
Young, J.O., 13–14, 27, 51, 55, 64, 67, 78, 82, 97, 103, 110, 144, 145, 152, 153, 156, 184–185, 187, 188, 197, 198, 209, 211, 219, 220, 222, 231, 238–239, 247, 255
Yubari (light cruiser), 80, 84, 85, 87–89, 91, 95
Yuse, Colonel, 209, 225
Zulu, 2, 194
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