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  Wake Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Wake Island is an atoll (having a coastline of 19.3 kilometers) in the North Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to the Northern Mariana Islands.
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Wake Island and the garrison repulsed the first Japanese landing attempt (one of only two times in World War II that an amphibious assault was unsuccessful) and sunk the first Japanese naval ship in World War II.
Wake is claimed by the Marshall Islands and some civilian personnel ("contractor inhabitants") remain.
www.encyclopedia-online.info /Wake_Island   (696 words)

  
 Wake Island - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Wake Island was discovered by the Spanish in 1568, visited by the British in 1796 and named after Capt. William Wake, and annexed by the United States in 1898.
In Dec., 1941, Wake Island was seized by the Japanese.
Wake Island Defenders to be Recognized Sept. 29.
encyclopedia.infonautics.com /html/W/WakeIsl.asp   (294 words)

  
 Wake Island (Movie) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Wake Island - Facts from the Encyclopedia - Yahoo! Education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Wake Island - Facts from the Encyclopedia - Yahoo!
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Wake Island, atoll with three islets (Wake, Wilkes, and Peale), 3 sq mi (7.8 sq km), central Pacific, between Hawaii and Guam.
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