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VFW officers George Rake (left) and Jerry Riley stand next to the Bristow National Wake Island Memorial at VFW Post 3656 last Thursday. The memorial honors the service members who ...
In the months to come our Conor Knighton is doing some "Island Hopping ... for the Japanese," said Captain Jaime. "98 Rock" is a hastily-carved memorial to those men. After a year-and-a-half ...
BRISTOW, Okla. — The quartermaster at the Wake Island Memorial has spent the last few weeks looking to make improvements. He was caught by surprise when wind and rain picked up at the facility ...
Wake Island was devilish ... 5-10-43" on a nearby rock as a way of communicating what had happened. That rock is now a memorial on the island. The unknown man was recaptured, then beheaded ...
A memorial in honor of Chamorro defenders of Wake Island during World War II was rededicated on June 7. The memorial was erected on Wake Island in 1991, three years after the surviving ...
They held a ceremony at the Wake Island Memorial located in Boise's Veterans Memorial Park. The ceremony included the playing of TAPS, bagpipes, and the placing of a wreath at the memorial.