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| Keywords: usaf u.s. air force usairforce pacaf pacom wake island wakeisland jber joint base elmendorf-richardson jointbaseelmendorfrichardson prsc 611th asus 611thasus world war ii worldwarii wwii 75th anniversary 75thanniversary battle of wake island battleofwakeisland outdoor A monument to U.S. Marines killed and captured in the Battle of Wake Island from December 8-23, 1941, stands near the Wake Island Airfield terminal in the middle Pacific. The inscription comes from an address given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 6, 1942, after Wake earned the title "Alamo of the Pacific" for the stoic resistance of its defenders against the numerically-dominant Japanese invasion force. Wake Island, "Where America's Day Really Begins," is an American possession in the middle Pacific within the Micronesia subregion, 2300 miles west of Hawaii and 2000 miles southeast of Tokyo. The coral atoll comprises three islands and roughly 2.8 square miles of dry land. In recognition of its importance during WWII in the Pacific and to thousands of species of sea birds, fish, and other oceanic flaura and fauna today, Wake Island is designated as both a National Historic Landmark and part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. A monument to U.S. Marines killed and captured in the Battle of Wake Island from December 8-23, 1941, stands near the Wake Island Airfield terminal in the middle Pacific. The inscription comes from an address given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 6, 1942, after Wake earned the title "Alamo of the Pacific" for the stoic resistance of its defenders against the numerically-dominant Japanese invasion force. Wake Island, "Where America's Day Really Begins," is an American possession in the middle Pacific within the Micronesia subregion, 2300 miles west of Hawaii and 2000 miles southeast of Tokyo. The coral atoll comprises three islands and roughly 2.8 square miles of dry land. In recognition of its importance during WWII in the Pacific and to thousands of species of sea birds, fish, and other oceanic flaura and fauna today, Wake Island is designated as both a National Historic Landmark and part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. | ||||
