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Wake Atoll Water Systems (2017)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Carrie Cecil.

This report outlines the history of Wake Atoll’s water systems from 1935 to the present with a particular emphasis on the construction and operation of those facilities and structures associated with desalination activities and water production. It is broken down into four main components. This report is not intended to be an authoritative account of either the history of Wake Atoll or the history of desalination. Rather it is intended to provide contextual information about the significance and...


Wake Island National Historic Landmark Hurricane Damage Assessment - Wake Atoll (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text 15th Civil Engineering Squadron.

This document contains the results of a damage assessment of the Wake Island National Historic Landmark conducted during May and June 2007. Wake Atoll is operated by the 15th Airlift Wing, Hickam Air Force Base, O’ahu Island, Hawai‘i. The current personnel population of approximately 117 would provide minimal security, maintenance, fire protection, repair of facilities damaged by Super Typhoon Ioke, and support to other federal agencies. Prominent landmark features, most of which are...


Wake Island Topographic Maps (1953)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Civil Aeronautics Administration, Ninth Region, Honolulu, T.H..

Topographic maps of Wake Island.


Wake Island U.S. Naval Air Station General Island Layout (1941)
DOCUMENT Full-Text 611th Civil Engineer Squadron.

A map of Wake Island Naval Air Base general location and construction from conditions on December 1, 1941.


What Happened at the Wake (1942)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Donald Wihelm.

A historical account of the attack on Wake Island from the American Legion Magazine.


World War II Hangar Facilities Historical Report Eareckson Air Station, Alaska Final August 2014 (2014)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Phyllys Callina.

A review of the World War II hangars and associated heating facilities at Eareckson Air Station, Alaska on Shemya Island. The report presents the hangar and heating facility descriptions, photographs, architectural drawings, and historical context to satisfy the stipulations of the Memorandum of Agreement between the United States Air Force 611th Air Support Group Alaska and the Alaska State Historic Preservation Officer regarding the demolition of World War II-era birchwood hangars and heating...


The Wreck of the Libelle and other Early European Visitors to Wake Island (2005)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Dirk H. R. Spennemann.

This paper details the early European history of the atoll and focuses on a shipwreck and the subsequent salvage events.


WWII History Magazine: Wake Island Survivor (2012)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Marke E. Hubbs.

A short excerpt from the Military Heritage WWII History magazine about civilian World War II survivor, Glen Binge, who had lived through the battle at Wake Island and three and a half years as a Prisoner of War in Japan's most infamous prisoner of war camp.