Wake Island Airfield

DOCUMENT Full-Text Solomon Kailihiwa. Paul L. Cleghorn. James D. McIntosh. William A, Shapiro.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring services at 13 out of 20 hazardous substances (HS) sites and their associated subsites that were subject to environmental investigations on Wake Island Airfield, Wake Atoll. This work was conducted as part of an on-going environmental restoration program conducted by the United States Air Force on Wake Atoll. The current archaeological investigations were designed to provide archaeological monitoring for the proposed environmental...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Solomon Kailihiwa. Jeffery L. Putzi. Paul L. Cleghorn.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring services at 13 out of 20 hazardous substances (HS) sites and their associated subsites that were subject to environmental investigations on Wake Island Airfield, Wake Atoll. This work was conducted as part of an on-going environmental restoration program conducted by the United States Air Force on Wake Atoll. The current archaeological investigations were designed to provide archaeological monitoring for the proposed environmental...

DOCUMENT Full-Text 15th Airlift Wing, 15 Civil Engineering Squadron, Environmental Division.

The 15th Airlift Wing (15 AW), PACAF, USAF, proposed to convert the operations of Wake Atoll to very limited operations (VLO) in fiscal year (FY) 2008. As a result, the purpose of this report is to identify and evaluate post-WW II cultural resources on Wake Atoll so an assessment can be made regarding what effects the proposed action would have on any historic properties eligible for or listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). This document contains the inventory of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Foothill Engineering Consultants, Inc..

The Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) is a planning document used to manage an installation's cultural resources management program. The document identifies cultural resource activities such as surveys and building inventories, that have taken place on an installation. It also identifies and describes historic resources within installation boundaries, identifies Native American groups affiliated with an installation, and provides a plan for staying in compliance with...

DOCUMENT Full-Text R. D. Heinl, Jr..

The Defense of Wake is one of a series of operational monographs designed to provide both student and casual readers with thorough and complete narratives of the major operations in which Marine Corps units participated during World War II. As a sufficient number of monographs are brought to completion, these, in turn, will be condensed and edited for final compilation into official operational history.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Dirk Kempthorne.

This document includes correspondence from the Secretary of Interior regarding the information on Executive Order 3284 passed on January 6, 2009 in which the president issued Presidential Proclamations 8335, 8336, and 8337 (Proclamations), which collectively established the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, Rose Atoll Marine National Monument, and the Marianas Trench National Monument (Monuments). For each of the areas subject to this delegation, the Director of the Service shall...

DOCUMENT Full-Text URS Corporation.

This document includes Natural and Cultural Resources Reports of Surveys of Stage I Site Inspection for Petroleum, Oils, and Lubricants. The activities discussed in this report support the Installation Restoration Program (IRP) of the 15th Civil Engineer Squadron/Environmental Restoration Element (15 CES/CEVR) for work performed on Wake Island Airfield.

DOCUMENT Full-Text EDAW, Inc.. Garcia and Associates.

This prospectus for a historical interpretive program at Wake Island Airfield (Wake) was prepared under the Legacy Resource Management Program to help the United States Air Force (USAF) continue its compliance with Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act. The prospectus is part of a comprehensive USAF effort to document and manage cultural resources at Wake, a National Historic Landmark. With few exceptions, all historic features addressed in this prospectus relate to the World War...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Nancy Farrell. David Gaddis.

This report presents the results of the assessment of historic resources on Peale Island.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Wendie McAllaster.

Written historical and descriptive data of photographs taken at the Wake Island National Historic Landmark.

DOCUMENT Full-Text PACAF Regional Support Center.

The purpose of this report is to provide historic context on a Long-Range Aid to Navigation (LORAN) system that operated in the Pacific theatre after World War II, and also to provide a historic context and evaluate the remaining elements of the LORAN station on Wake Atoll. To evaluate the historic significance of a property, the historic context of the property must be established.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas L. Jackson.

This Historic Preservation Plan (HPP) defines a program to integrate historic preservation planning with the U.S. Air Force (USAF) mission at Wake Island Airfield, consistent with the leadership. role of the Department of the Air Force in the preservation of the historic resources of the United States.

DOCUMENT Full-Text 611th Civil Engineer Squadron.

Historic Property Discovery Procedures for MDA Wake Island Flight Communications Test Facility.

DOCUMENT Full-Text G. Williams. J. DePue. M. Whorton. A. Alpert. D. Tomasko.

This report presents historical background on the development, deployment, and operation of the AC&W system. It first summarizes the historical context of U.S.-Soviet relations that led to the deployment of the AC&W system and the general military buildup in Alaska. It next presents detailed information on the locations, development, and operation of the AC&W system in Alaska and relates the personal recollections of individuals who were stationed at the bases while the radar system was in...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Bruce T. Verhaaren. Douglas Kullen.

The Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) is a planning document used to manage an installation's cultural resources management program. The document identifies cultural resource activities such as surveys and building inventories, that have taken place on an installation. It also identifies and describes historic resources within installation boundaries, identifies Native American groups affiliated with an installation, and provides a plan for staying in compliance with...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James B. Levenson.

This Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP) provides a means to integrate the military mission with the goal of preserving and enhancing the natural resources on Wake Atoll. This INRMP is prepared according to Air Force Instruction (AFI) 32-7064 and supports the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) policy of managing natural resources to support the base mission while practicing the principles of multiple-use and sustained yield. A concise overview of each INRMP section follows,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Dirk H. R. Spennermann.

At the turn of the century, Japanese feather and plumage hunters visited most of the isolated, uninhabited atolls of the central Pacific Ocean. The seabird populations of these atolls were decimated to supply exotic feathers for the millinery market to meet an increasing demand created by the European fashion industry. Drawing on scattered archival records, this article reviews the history and dimensions of the feather trade in the Central Pacific and describes the responses of the affected...

DOCUMENT Full-Text E. A. Junghans.

Diaries of life on Wake Island, 1944-1945

DOCUMENT Full-Text R.I. Price.

A map of Peale Island, Wake Islands Naval Air Base general location and construction from conditions on June 30, 1941.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Albert H. Banner. Judd C. Nevenzel. Webster R. Hudgins.

A study and historical account of the contamination at Wake Island Lagoon on June 20, 1965.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Executive Office of the President.

Proclamation 8336 mandated by the president of the United States which established the Pacific Remote Islands, including Wake Island, as Marine National Monuments.

DOCUMENT Full-Text 611th Civil Engineer Squadron.

A summary table from the Pacific Regional Support Center installations that were addressed in the 2020 Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan and Natural Resources Considerations.

DOCUMENT Full-Text 15th Civil Engineer Squadron.

The purpose of this Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP) is to clearly define the goals and objectives for natural resources management on Wake Island Air Field (WIA); Kōkeˋe Air Force Station (AFS), Kauaˋi, Hawaiˋi; and Mount (Mt.) Kaˋala AFS, Oˋahu, Hawaiˋi. This INRMP was prepared in accordance with the Sikes Act Improvement Act (SAIA) as amended through 2013; Air Force Instruction (AFI) 32 7064, Integrated Natural Resources Management (United States Air Force [USAF] 2014a);...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Carrie Cecil.

The purpose of this report is to establish the historic context for air traffic control tower and air traffic control support facility development on Wake Atoll. A critical component of any airfield, the air traffic control towers, and support facilities on Wake contributed to the safe and organized passage of aircraft through and over the atoll. Air traffic control facilities were an important aspect of Wake’s operation as a major aviation hub from 1935 to 1972. This report outlines the...

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...

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...

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.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Donald Wihelm.

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

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.

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.