On December 11, 1941, just days after Pearl Harbor, two Marine Corps F4F Wildcat pilots found themselves as the last line of ...

Wrecked Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat fighters after the Japanese captured Wake Island on December 23, 1941. The plane in the foreground was flown by Capt. Henry Elrod.

A Grumman F4F Wildcat from VMF-211 destroyed on the ground by Japanese air strikes in December, 1941. (Photo: Navy Archives) VMF-211 had the misfortune of being stationed on Wake Island in ...

Wake was defended by 12 Wildcat fighters and a handful of anti-aircraft guns, and those working on the island were keenly aware that their position could be attacked at any time. On December 8 ...

When Marine Capt. Henry Elrod arrived at Wake Island on Dec. 4, 1941, ... Elrod dove his Wildcat fighter into the oncoming Japanese fighters and bombers. Outnumbered 22 to 1, ...

Wake Island survivors reunite 71 years later. ... It was mostly thanks to the work of a high school student whose great-grandfather died in that battle. Close Ad.

Today we really love our Toyotas and Hondas. Japan is a close friend and ally of the United states and a major trading partner. But 70 years ago, Emperor Hirohito's ...

He was one of hundreds of Idahoans who were involved in the attack on Wake Island back in 1941. Glenn Newell grew up on an Idaho farm in the 1920's. His son, David Newell, says he was a true cowboy.