Wake Island History, Mystery, and Tragedy!
For this episode, we are headed back to the Pacific Ocean one more time. We are jumping from Hawaii haunts, to a very small, very remote island in the South Pacific...plopped in the middle of nowhere!
Wake Island is filled with a lot of history, and mystery!
It was pivotal in WWII, was a crucial strategic location for both the US, and the Japanese militaries...like a revolving door! We will take a deep dive into the mystery and history of Wake Island, if you don't know anything about Wake Island, this is the episode for you, it is astonishing...history, mystery, and tragedy. For such a tiny place, to hold such a massive history!
So, grab your flip flops, an iced tea, lawn chair, headphones, and dive in as we take you on this crazy South Pacific journey...while you are at it, Google Wake Island, and zoom out...you will be shocked, it really is in the middle of nowhere, extremely remote. What happens on Wake Island, stays on Wake Island...you will figure out what we mean when you listen, you're going to learn today!!!
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Show Notes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Island
https://www.britannica.com/place/Wake-Island-Pacific-Ocean
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372021/
https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2001/february/massacre-wake-island
https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/124612/officials-search-for-powmias-on-wake-island/