Mon. December 01, 2008
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Honolulu Star-Bulletin
December 1, 2008
In July 1969, after the Apollo 11 astronauts landed near
Wake Island in the Pacific, their first stop on the return to
Houston was Honolulu, where they were ...
Truthdig
November 15, 2008
Douglas MacArthur on Wake Island, where they met for one day in 1950 to discuss Korean War strategy. MacArthur, for him, was a towering figure-"Shogun, ...
Press-Enterprise
November 14, 2008
6 and 13, commemorate Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Wake Island. Riverside Art Museum: The annual Off the Wall fundraiser wraps up Saturday with an ...
Lake Placid News
November 14, 2008
The first was to the Marcus Islands and the second to Wake Island. On the third, to the Gilberts, we shot down six planes. We then were in a big air battle ...
Saugus Advertiser
November 13, 2008
Streeter helped provide air support from 1942 to 1945 and took part in attacks on Japanese garrisons in the Marshall Islands,
Wake Island,
Guam, ...
Chillicothe Gazette
November 12, 2008
The family also traveled to
Hawaii,
Guam,
Wake Island, Johnson Island and the Japanese mainland as part of the military experience. ...
Louisville Courier-Journal
November 11, 2008
Editor's note: After the USS
New Orleans was repaired in
Australia, Edwards served the next year on the USS New Orleans, from
Wake Island across the Pacific ...
Citizen of Morris County
November 11, 2008
...
Singapore,
Sumatra, Java, The Dutch East Indies, and enslaving the peoples of the Pacific Rim, from
Wake Island to
Australia, which would be known, ...
Dade County Sentinel
November 7, 2008
The Intrepid was off Wake Island when an announcement came over the PA system: The Japanese had surrendered. "You could almost feel the ship rock, ...
KTVB
November 7, 2008
He worked as a power plant operator on
Wake Island in the
Pacific Ocean. In 1941, it was attacked by the Imperial Japanese
army -- and those on the island ...
AirForceTimes.com
November 7, 2008
Siuslaw News
October 31, 2008
He served in
World War II and
Korea, in the Pacific Theater serving aboard the USS
Wake Island, USS Kearsarge, USS Frank E. Evan and USS Jarvis. ...
Waukegan News Sun
October 30, 2008
The first Clipper service began in November 1935, offering service from the West Coast to Manila by way of Honolulu,
Midway Island,
Wake Island and
Guam. ...
Fayette Daily News
October 28, 2008
The Lexington sailed the next day to raid Japanese forces on Jaluit to relieve pressure on Wake Island; these orders were canceled on December 20, ...
Atlantic Free Press
October 25, 2008
Times-Standard
October 17, 2008
The Princess TaiPing is currently tied up in
San Francisco Bay and the crew will resume its voyage shortly, headed for
Hawaii and
Wake Island.
Atlantic Free Press
October 11, 2008
Raumfahrer.net
October 10, 2008
... Minuten und zwei Sekunden im Pazifik in der Nähe von Wake Island, wo sie vom Flugzeugträger USS Hornet / CV12 (CV = Carrier Wessel) aufgefischt wurde. ...
Sierra Sun
October 6, 2008
The potent tropical storm took nine days to cross the
Pacific Ocean from
Wake Island. Along the way it merged with a vigorous cold front to become an ...
BYM News (press release)
October 2, 2008
NOAA
October 1, 2008
Shacknews
September 26, 2008
There are a lot of Battlefield levels, but Wake Island is really one of the best. I was brought in mostly because, honestly, there's a lot of complexity ...
Información
September 21, 2008
En uno de sus extractos se puede leer: "Creo en Tokio, Benidorm, La Grande Motte, Wake Island, Eniwetok, Dealey Plaza".
RedOrbit
September 14, 2008
Because
Johnston Atoll and
Wake Island have supported active
military bases, and the other areas in the Pacific include areas of strategic importance to the ...
Tagesspiegel
September 13, 2008
Er ist weder interessiert an der Unterwasserwelt von Wake Island, noch will er dort in der Sonne brutzeln. Er will nur einmal den Fuß auf die Pazifikinsel ...
RedOrbit
September 12, 2008
Finally there's an area in the central Pacific near Wake Island with a wide variety of coral species. Let's hope that they receive the same protection as ...
Register Pajaronian
September 11, 2008
His father refused to let him go, however, so he went to work for Pan American World Airways on
Wake Island, a tiny atoll in the South Pacific that
airlines ...
Capitol Hill Blue
September 6, 2008
1945 - Japanese forces on
Wake Island, which they had held since December of 1941, surrender to
US Marines. * 1953 - Nikita Khrushchev becomes head of the ...
OÖNachrichten
September 5, 2008
Der Pazifik hat den Vulkan von Wake Island verschluckt, nur die Kraterränder ragen heraus. Eine wunderschöne Lagune gibt es hier, umspült von türkisblauem ...
Now Magazine Online
September 2, 2008
Lindsay Lohan did not attend her granddad's funeral in New York's Long Island, her father Michael has confirmed. He passed away last Thursday after battling ...
Stars and Stripes
September 2, 2008
But valor alone hasn't garnered Holewinski the honor that legislators, litigators,
Historians,
Wake Island veterans and
family members say he deserves. ...
Los Angeles Times
August 26, 2008
New York Times
August 25, 2008
... Rose Atoll and
Wake Island in the central Pacific, and one to the west that would include the Marianas Trench, the deepest spot in the world's
oceans. ...
Wall Street Journal Blogs
August 25, 2008
The list at times reads like a travelogue of
World War II battles, including
Wake Island and the Northern Marianas. The president's memo cites the ...
Los Angeles Times
August 25, 2008
Carlsbad Current Argus
August 23, 2008
Carlsbad resident Oral Nichols spent nearly four years as a civilian
prisoner of war after Japanese forces invaded
Wake Island following the Dec. ...
Carlsbad Current Argus
August 22, 2008
Carlsbad resident Oral Nichols spent nearly four years as a civilian
prisoner of war after Japanese forces invaded
Wake Island following the Dec. ...
Honolulu Advertiser
August 21, 2008
... and
President Bush is expected to declare the USS
Arizona Memorial a national monument, possibly along with Midway Atoll and
Wake Island. ...
AVweb
August 21, 2008
The next leg, though, he would have to find Wake Island, just a small speck in a big ocean. They had a powerful radio beacon to help us if visibility was ...
Honolulu Advertiser
August 18, 2008
Both Midway and
Wake Island had important roles in
World War II. For 16 days at the start of the war,
US Marines put up a valiant fight against the Japanese ...
