America's Last Stand in the Pacific

Americans are naturally defiant people that idolize the act of the courageous “last stand.” From the Alamo to the “Lost Battalion” of The Great War, the American warfighter has been praised in folklore and historical record for taking on battles with little chance of victory or survival.

In the days following the attack on Pearl Harbor, a sleepy island in the Pacific soon became the site of one such “last stand,” and gave rise to a hero that would earn the nation's highest military award.

Consisting of only 2.85 square miles of land, Wake Island is a tiny spot located between Japan and Hawaii in the vast Pacific Ocean.

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