Billings Gazette

'Bomb-blasted American foothold": How a Butte man survived Wake Island, life as POW in WWII

EDITOR’S NOTE: This past Veterans Day, The Montana Standard published a feature that included a story on Pfc. Jasper Dawson of Butte, a prisoner of war all throughout World War II. Since his story was ...
KTVB

Wake Island survivor's memory lives on through family and students

BOISE, Idaho — Norman Swanson survived four years as a prisoner of war. He lived to tell his story, one that includes surviving the battle of Wake Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Wednesday ...
Business Insider

75 years after the US recaptured it during WWII, a US base in the Pacific is dealing with a new menace: birds

Since the Allies recaptured it in the final days of World War II, Wake Atoll has become a national landmark and a refueling stop for military aircraft. Now, however, the Air Force base on the island ...
USA Today

Remember the CHamoru Wake Island Defenders from Guam

Editor's Note: The invasion, occupation and liberation of Guam had a lasting effect on the island's people, government and institutions. Each week leading up to the 75th anniversary of Guam's ...
Business Insider

Hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, US Marines took on the Japanese in what became the Alamo of the Pacific

On December 8, 1941, the US garrison on Wake Island awoke to news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Japan's destruction of the US Pacific Fleet meant Wake Island was on its own against Japan's ...
The National Interest

Wake Island: The Most Important Pacific Island You Never Heard Of

Here’s What You Need to remember: Today, Wake Island remains one of the most remote islands in the world, protected by miles and miles of open ocean. The rocky outpost has been modified extensively ...