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	Wake Island
		Wake Island, the main or center section of the "wishbone", is much the largest of the three islands.
		The surface of the three islands is a smooth roll of disintegrated coral, interspersed with boulders, which are most numerous on Wilkes and the southern leg of Wake Island, where they range to five or six feet in diameter.
		Vegetation is densest on the south leg of Wake Island, west and south of the airfield.
	www.globalsecurity.org /space/facility/wake.htm (1485 words)

	A Short Prehistory and History of Easter Island
		Later, the island was further depopulated as many Rapanui were induced to leave for other islands: nearly 200 went to Tahiti to work on plantations and another 150 were moved to the Gambier Islands.
		The whole island was a sheep ranch, and all the Rapanui islanders were confined to Hangaroa village.
		A British anthropologist, Katherine Routledge, was on the island in 1914-15 and she observed the uprising.
	www.islandheritage.org /eihistory.html (5605 words)

	Wake Island ~ Island of Valor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Wake Island could be used as a reconnaissance base to watch the Japanese, or for retaliation against an attack on the United States.
		Night fell over the tiny island of Wake, and with the future of all on her shores hanging in the balance, no confirmed decision had yet been reached.
		Wake Island now houses a number of Thai’s, a few American Army soldiers, and a few American civilians, whose job it is to keep the trans-Pacific flights going for the military.
	www.geocities.com /vurleeb/wakeisland.htm (14444 words)

	Wake Island 1975. Photos of Vietnamese refugees on Wake Island in 1975
		The closest land to Wake is the Marshall Island of Bikini, 500 nautical miles to the south.
		Wake was one of the most important of these, and remnants of the ramp and other elements used by Pan Am remain on the Peale Island beach fronting the lagoon.
		Wake consists of 3 islands, roughly in a wishbone shape, forming the rim of an extinct volcano, with an opening pointing to the northwest.
	www.wakeisland1975.com /index.html (5637 words)

	History of Wake Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The United States annexed Wake Island in 1899 for a cable station.
		In subsequent years, Wake was developed as a stopover and refueling site for military and commercial aircraft transiting the Pacific.
		Since 1974, the island's airstrip has been used by the United States military, as well as for emergency landings.
	infotut.com /geography/Wake-Island (91 words)

	Wake Island (Directory/Oceania/Wake Island)
		Wake Island (also known as Wake Atoll) is a coral atoll having a coastline of 12 miles (19 kilometers) in the North Pacific Ocean, located about two-thirds of the way from Honolulu (2,300 statute...
		Wake is a V-shaped atoll in the northwestern Pacific, north of the Marshall Islands and lying between Midway and Guam.
		Wake Island is a possession of the United States under the control of the Department of the Interior.
	www.worldwidirectory.com /Oceania/Wake.Island (551 words)

	Wake Island - Flag - Introduction - Background
		In December 1941, the island was captured by the Japanese and held until the end of World War II.
		Since 1974, the island's airstrip has been used by the US military, as well as for emergency landings.
		All operations on the island were suspended and all personnel evacuated in August 2006 with the approach of super typhoon Loke (category 5), which struck the island with sustained winds of 250 kph and a 6 m storm surge inflicting major damage.
	www.exxun.com /WakeIsland/a_fg.html (353 words)

	Wake Island: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — FactMonster.com
		Wake Island, about halfway between Midway and Guam, is an atoll consisting of the three islets of Wilkes, Peale, and Wake.
		In 1938, Pan American Airways established a seaplane base, and Wake Island was used as a commercial base for several years.
		Wake Island - Wake Island, atoll with three islets (Wake, Wilkes, and Peale), 3 sq mi (7.8 sq km), central...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0113957.html (247 words)

	Those Who Also Served: The Civilian Construction Men Of Wake Island
		Of the 1,100 civilians, who originally went to Wake Island to build the Navy base, many lost their lives in the initial combat for the Island.
		After the island fell, the survivors were shipped off to P.O.W. camps in China and Japan to wait out the rest of the war.
		It is to these men of Wake Island and to all those who served their country with little or no recognition and whose service was all to quickly forgotten, that this film is dedicated.
	www.wakeislandmovie.com /index.htm (378 words)

	HyperWar: A Magnificent Fight: Marines in the Battle for Wake Island
		On wake Island, a tiny sprung paper-clip in the Pacific between Hawaii and Guam, Marines of the 1st Defense Battalion are starting another day of the backbreaking war preparations that have gone on for weeks.
		As the Japanese ships neared Wake, the Army radio unit on the atoll sent a message from Cunningham to Pearl Harbor at 0200 on the 11th, telling of the contractors' casualties, and, because of the danger that lay at Wake's doorstep, suggested early evacuation of the civilians.
		Five of Wake's defenders were executed by the Japanese on board Nitta Maru, With the exception of nearly 100 contractors who remained on Wake Island, all the rest of the civilians joined Wake's Marines, sailors, and soldiers in prisoner of war (POW) camps.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USMC/USMC-C-Wake.html (20145 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Wake atoll was in fact first sighted more than two centuries earlier, in 1586 by Alvaro de Mendana, a Spanish explorer who, with two ships, Los Reyes and Todos Santos, lay-to off the atoll and finally landed in hopes of replenishing his supply of food and water.
		of the Marshall or one of the Caroline Islands.
		Wake Island was excluded from the final document (United States, House of Representatives, 1939).
	users.ev1.net /~gpmoran/WakeIslandHistory.htm (4380 words)

	Political Types
		An unincorporated United States insular area, of which there are currently thirteen, three in the Caribbean (Navassa Island, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands) and ten in the Pacific (American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, the Northern Mariana Islands and Wake Atoll).
		The body of laws that the United Congress has enacted for the government of a United States insular area; it usually includes a bill of rights and the establishment and conditions of the insular area's tripartite government.
		The status of free association recognizes an island government as a sovereign, self-governing state with the capacity to conduct foreign affairs consistent with the terms of the Compact.
	www.doi.gov /oia/Islandpages/political_types.htm (553 words)

	Map Of Wake Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		If you would like to use this map of Wake Island or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
		If you would like to use this flag of Wake Island or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
		If you would like to use this information for Wake Island or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
	www.appliedlanguage.com /maps_of_the_world/map_of_wake_island.shtml (227 words)

	Wake Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		By August 31, the southwestern eyewall of the storm passed over the island, with winds well over 185 miles per hour (300 km/h)[1], driving a storm surge and waves directly into the lagoon.
		Wake Island was annexed by the United States (empty territory) on January 17, 1899.
		The territorial claim [10] by the Republic of the Marshall Islands on Wake Atoll leaves a certain amount of ambiguity regarding the actual or hypothetical role of the U.S. military, responsible under agreement for the defence of Marshallese territory, in the event of any strategic crisis or hostilities involving Wake.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wake_Island (1870 words)

	Government Chapter
		At the top level is the Federal Government, which provides functions that are best managed by a centralized government, such as defense, currency regulation, and foreign relations.
		These local governments directly serve the needs of residents by providing everything from police and fire protection to sanitary codes, health regulations, education, public transportation, and housing.
		Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island are unincorporated territories, administered by the Federal Government.
	www.nationalatlas.gov /government.html (738 words)

	Battle of Long Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn, fought on August 27, 1776, was the first major battle in the American Revolutionary War following the United States Declaration of Independence, the largest battle of the entire conflict, and the first battle an army of the United States ever engaged in.
		The battle and its immediate aftermath were marked by the British capture of New York City (which it held for the entire war), the execution of the American Nathan Hale and the burning of nearly a quarter of the city's buildings.
		It was not completed by sunrise as scheduled, and had a heavy fog not beset Long Island in the morning, the army may have been trapped between the British and the East River.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Long_Island (1577 words)

	'Monster' Typhoon Ioke Makes Direct Hit on Wake Island
		Super Typhoon Ioke has made a direct hit on Wake Island, pounding the tiny U.S. Pacific territory with catastrophic winds of up to 300 kilometers an hour.
		Forecasters expect the "monster" storm to submerge Wake Island and destroy everything on it that is not made of concrete.
		Wake is home to a U.S. Air Force base and a scientific outpost, roughly midway between Hawaii and Japan.
	www.voanews.com /english/2006-08-31-voa11.cfm (252 words)

	FOXNews.com - 'Super' Typhoon Slams Tiny Wake Island - Australia \| New Zealand \| Indonesia \| Map
		Wake Island is located about 2,300 miles west of Honolulu.
		The U.S. Navy evacuated the island's 188 residents on Monday, flying the mostly military personnel and their families to Honolulu.
		Wake Island is home to a U.S. Air Force base and a scientific outpost, roughly midway between Hawaii and Japan, and serves as a key refueling stop for U.S. military aircraft in the Pacific.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,211537,00.html (800 words)

	Wake Island Search Engine
		Wake Island: A different kind of Pearl Harbor story.
		Wake Island surrender on board the USS Levy DE 162.
		The wartime papers of a Wake Island defender.
	www.searchenginecolossus.com /WakeIslandSE.html (115 words)

	Wake Island :: Maps :: Information :: Statistics
		atoll of three coral islands built up on an underwater volcano; central lagoon is former crater, islands are part of the rim
		note: US military personnel have left the island, but contractor personnel remain; as of October 2001, 200 contractor personnel were present (July 2004 est.)
		Economic activity is limited to providing services to contractors located on the island.
	www.maps4free.com /map-of-wake-island.php (346 words)

	1000Countries.com: Wake Island: population, area, statistics, maps, flags, religions, languages, information
		We have been carrying US government pages since the inception of our Internet presence in 1996.
		You may look for information on population, area, religion, government, languages, infant mortality, life expectancy, people, literacy, fertility, birth rate, death rate, and many other items of statistical nature.
		We are planning to add many more informative items to these pages.
	www.1000countries.com /wake_island.html (479 words)

	RI.gov : Rhode Island Government : Press Releases
		Joined by the “wellness champions” from the participating state agencies and departments, Governor Donald L. Carcieri today signed the State of Rhode Island’s application to become certified as a “well workplace” by the Wellness Councils of America (WELCOA).
		Governor Donald L. Carcieri today praised the Rhode Island Senate for voting to confirm Saul Kaplan as the new Executive Director of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (EDC).
		Governor Donald L. Carcieri’s spokesman, Jeff Neal, today said that the Governor will fight efforts in court to rob Rhode Islanders of the opportunity to express their opinions on two nonbinding ballot questions that the he submitted to the Secretary of State in May. Last week, the Secretary of...
	www.rhodeisland.gov /press/?start=120 (558 words)

	Wake Island: from the All Country Info reference guide to country facts
		Wake Island: from the All Country Info reference guide to country facts
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		Wake Island: A summary of information about Wake Island, from government research data as well as independent research and other sources.
	www.allcountryinfo.org /wake_island/wake_island.shtml (44 words)

	Open the EnenKio Web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		These pages, this website, the government of the Kingdom of EnenKio and the people loyal to the Monarch of
		and agencies of the federal government of the United States.
		This site has been restored to acquaint you with history, claims and challenges we face as a people striving for equality in a world of antagonistic nations with egocentric goals seeking to "save" (dominate) lesser nations.
	www.enenkio.org (117 words)

	World Factbook 2000 [F] - WAKE ISLAND (by the CIA)
		Terrain: atoll of three coral islands built up on an underwater volcano; central lagoon is former crater, islands are part of the rim
		Data code: WQ Dependency status: unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC by the Department of the Interior; occasional activities on the island are managed by the US Army under a US Air Force contract
		Military - note: defense is the responsibility of the US Wake Island: Transnational Issues
	www.authorama.com /world-2000-f-17.html (431 words)

	Wake Island Atlas: Maps and Online Resources — Infoplease.com
		Wake Island Atlas: Maps and Online Resources — Infoplease.com
		Wake Island Profile: History · Government · Economy · Population …
		Up-to-date information on: Government, Economy, Population and Culture
	www.infoplease.com /atlas/state/wakeisland.html (96 words)

	Wake Island Oceania Regional
		- Site of the Government of the Kingdom of EnenKio.
		- Information about the Island's geography, its people, communications, transportation, military and economy.
		- Pictures of the Island, including many World War II snaps.
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Regional/Oceania/Wake_Island (77 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook 2002 -- Wake Island
		CIA - The World Factbook 2002 -- Wake Island
		note: US military personnel have left the island, but civilian personnel remain; as of December 2000, one US Army civilian and 123 contractor personnel were present (July 2002 est.)
		unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the Department of the Interior; activities on the island are managed by the US Army under a US Air Force permit
	www.umsl.edu /services/govdocs/wofact2002/print/wq.html (335 words)

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