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Preface

Wake in the Shadow of War

• Final Preparations, Autumn, 1941

The Enemy Strikes

• Raids through 10 December
• Genesis of the Relief Expedition
• Enemy Plans and Actions, 8-11 December
• The Attempted Landing, 11 December

Attacks Through 22 December

• Enemy Plans and Actions, 11-21 December
• The Relief Attempt, 15-23 December

The Fall of Wake

• The Enemy Approach on Wake
• The Defense of Wake Island
• The Fight on Wilkes
• The Surrender, and After

Conclusions

Appendices

I. Documentation and Bibliography

II. Prewar History of Wake, 1586-1941

III. U.S. and Japanese Casualties

IV. Wake Chronology

V. U.S. and Japanese Task Organization and Command Structures

VI. The Surrender of Wake by the Japanese

VII. Terrain and Hydrography

VIII. Command and Staff, Marine Detachment, Wake

IX. Presidential Unit Citation

Illustrations

1. U.S. Colors Being Hoisted Over Wake
2. Maj. James P.S. Devereux
3. Commander Winfield S. Cunningham
4. Maj. Paul A. Putnam
5. Wake Prior to 1941
6. Offshore, Heavy Surf
7. Thick Foliage
8. Aviation Gasoline Being Pumped Ashore
9. Marine Camp on Wake
10. 3-Inch Antiaircraft Gun
11. Japanese Flagship
12. Japanese Light Cruiser
13. Japanese Bomber's Eye View of Wake
14. Grumman F4F-3 Fighter
15. USSTangier, The Relief Ship
16. South Shore of Wake Island
17. Patrol Craft 33
18. Capt. Henry T. Elrod
19. Marine Command Post
20. Beached Japanese Landing Craft on Wilkes
21. Thick Brush on Wilkes
22. Defender's Eye View
23. Wreckage on Peale

Maps

1. Defense Installations on Wake
2. Surface Action of 11 December 1941
3. U.S. and Japanese Naval Operations About Wake
4. Situation on Wake Island, 0400, 23 December 1941
5. Situation on Wake Island at Time of Surrender
6. Japanese Landing on Wilkes
7. U.S. Counterattack on Wilkes
8. Pacific Ocean: Distances from Wake

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