Winfield S. Cunningham
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Winfield Scott Cunningham was the Officer in Charge, Naval Activities, Wake Island when the tiny island was attacked by the Japanese on December 8, 1941. Cunningham commanded the defense of the island
Commander Cunningham as a POW aboard the Japanese transport Nitta Maru, at Yokohama, Japan, January 1942.
Wake Island
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Wake Island, also known as Wake Atoll, is a coral atoll which is a unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the Pacific Ocean. The atoll is composed of three islets
Winfield S. Cunningham
…Winfield Scott Cunningham (February 16, 1900 – March 3, 1986) was the Officer in Charge, Naval Activities, Wake Island when the tiny island was attacked by the Japanese on December 8, 1941. Cunningham commanded the defense of the island against the massive Japanese…
The "98 Rock" on Wilkes Island was carved by a World War II American civilian POW before his execution by Japanese Admiral Shigematsu Sakaibara.
The VFA-27 Royal Maces, a United States Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet squadron based in MCAS Iwakuni, flies over the "Downtown" area of Wake Island.
Wake Island
Palm trees at Wake Island's lagoon