Controversy revolves around the tropical paradise of Wake Island, part of Eneen-Kio Atoll, the collection of three islands also known as Wake Atoll, located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The island is claimed by both the United States and the Marshall Islands. It is further claimed as an independent sovereignty in the name of the Kingdom of EnenKio.
Wake Island
The World Factbook, published by the CIA, states that the 2.5-square-mile Wake Island has no arable land, no crops, no forests or woodland, no indigenous inhabitants.
The population consists (as of the latest record from January 2001) of only one US Army civilian and 123 civilian contractor personnel. The island is economically insignificant, as all food and manufactured goods must be imported.
There is no domestic or international telephone system, no radio service, no television broadcasting. There isn’t even a harbor. However, despite its lack of agriculture or an economy, the island is rich in historical significance, warranting a lengthy and subsequently fascinating lesson on the history of Wake Atoll.
Discovered by Spain
According to Theodore Leverett’s history of the island on the Flags of the World website, “Wake Island was first discovered by the Spaniard Álvaro de Mendana in 1586, who named it San Francisco and claimed it in the name of the King of Spain. This claim was internationally recognized, the atoll being viewed as worthless…
In 1796 the Englishman Captain Samuel Wake of the merchant vessel Prince William Henry rediscovered it. He gave the atoll its present name, also carried by its largest island… On December 20, 1840, the USS Vincennes brought the explorer Charles Wilkes and the naturalist Titian Peale to the island where they conducted a series of surveys and eventually lent their names to the other two islands of the atoll…
The Treaties of Paris and Washington
During the Spanish-American War, an American troop convoy bound for the Philippines (then owned by Spain) stopped off at Wake. Major General Francis V. Greene hoisted the Stars and Stripes, then with 45 stars, there on July 4, 1898… The subsequent peace treaty [signed with Spain in December 1898 and approved by the US Senate in February 1899] which ended the war transferred Wake to the United States.”
The Treaty of Paris, signed by officials from the United States of America and the Spanish Empire on December 10, 1898, relinquished all Spanish claim of sovereignty over and title to Cuba, Puerto Rico, the island of Guam in the Marianas, all islands in the West Indies under Spanish sovereignty, and all islands within approximately 116 degrees and 127 degrees longitude east near and including the Philippine Island archipelago.
Concept and Diagram © Richard D. LeCour
Satellite Imagery © TerraMetrics
An amendment three years later (the Treaty of Washington) added several additional islands located southwest of the island chain of Palawan that had been omitted from the original treaty. No other specific islands or locations of any kind were mentioned.
Wake Island did not fall within the boundaries of either the Treaty of Paris of 1898 or the Treaty of Washington of 1900 as the atoll is located at approximately 166 degrees of longitude east of Greenwich.
This directly contradicts the common misconception that Wake Island was included in the spoils of war between the United States and Spain, as insisted upon by such historians as Stanley K. Schultz, Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, but the language of both treaties is indisputable — neither of them include the tiny atoll 1,300 nautical miles east of Guam.
Wake as a US Military Base
However the island was acquired, the US Navy recognized the potential of Wake as a military base and contributed both materially and financially to the construction of Pan American facilities.
John Godfrey Borger
Photo © The Borger Family
The historical recollections of the original Pan American World Airways and the newsletter of The Pan Am Historical Foundation quote the then 21-year-old Junior Assistant Engineer for the S.S. North Haven, regarding the initial construction of the airbase.
“On March 27, 1935, the S.S. North Haven embarked from San Francisco for Honolulu, Midway, Wake, Guam, and Manila, to prepare bases for Pan Am’s flying boats to cross the Pacific. Wake was totally uninhabited; all we had on it were a hydrographic chart with no detail, and an article in National Geographic magazine…
We loaded into the ship 12 prefabricated buildings for Midway, and 12 for Wake. We loaded for each base two diesel engines to generate electricity, two windmills to pump water up and get water pressure, a Caterpillar tractor with interchangeable bulldozer blade and crane, and 4,000-gallon tanks for both aviation gas and water… On the deck we loaded two 38-foot power launches, one for Midway and one for Wake, and a 26-foot launch for Guam, intended for air-sea rescue…
Wake is made up of three islands. It’s true it was uninhabited except for birds; we had to wear hats. We’d planned to put the station on Wilkes Island, which is open to the sea, but the survey team found it was too low in the water. So was Wake Island. But Peale Island, on the far side of the lagoon, was okay. We unloaded the cargo into a storage yard on Wilkes Island, then built a 50-yard railroad (somebody by inspiration had brought light-gauge railroad track) to the lagoon. We put the small launch on a barge and, with the help of the tractor, we shoved it across the knee-deep channel between Wake and Wilkes. The launch towed the barges of cargo across the lagoon to Peale Island. Wake depended on rainfall for water, so we rigged canvases on the roofs, drained them into underground tanks, then pumped the water up to the windmills.
We had to clear the coral heads to provide a six-foot deep open landing area in the Wake lagoon for the M-130 to land. So we hung a length of a light-gauge railroad track six feet deep under a barge, and a launch towed the barge back and forth across the lagoon. When the track hit coral, it shook the barge, wakened the guy sleeping on it, and he threw a cork buoy with an anchor to mark the spot. Then Bill Mullahey and I, in a rowboat, rowed out to the buoys. Bill put on goggles he’d made out of bamboo, took a bamboo spear, and dove down and inspected the coral head… Bill surfaced and said, give me six, or eight, sticks of dynamite, dove back down and tied them to the coral. He resurfaced, I rowed us upwind as far as we could, and he pressed a magneto button and blew up the coral. We rowed back, picked up the fish the blast had killed, and brought them back for dinner. We did this [until] we cleared a pie-shaped landing area [where we] built a 400-foot dock.”
— John G. Borger
After the completion of the airbase and a 48-room hotel, Wake Island became one of the stopping points on regular Pan American flights for servicing and refueling of the famous “Pan Am Clippers”, four-engined flying boats. Pan American published a 24-page brochure in 1937 to promote the transpacific China Clipper service from San Francisco to Hawaii, Midway Island, Wake Island, Guam, Manila, and its final destination of Hong Kong.
“A tiny pinpoint on the vast Pacific’s map — five thousand miles from America’s mainland. A land unheard of until a few years ago — uninhabited, until the coming of the airway pioneers — became the scene of one of the most dramatic struggles in the history of American transportation. Here hardship, toil and thrilling courage overcame tremendous odds to set in final place four thousand tons of materials. Scarcely eight hours from Midway — another change in time — you are ashore in the early afternoon and the island is yours to explore… Down paths lined with magnolia are living quarters for the base staff, the power plant, the big refrigerators, a little hospital, a pergola where you will find an unusual collection of the little atoll’s lore – bits from ancient sailing craft that came to grief on the treacherous reefs that so effectively shelter the lagoon’s water for the flying clipper ships; heaps of coral in fantastic designs; sea shells of every form. Along the arcs of glistening beach you can find all these for yourself — and perhaps a dozen little hollow balls of glass — floats from Japanese fishing nets that have drifted half way across the Pacific…
Wake Island, so newly added to the world’s travel map, is already becoming a favorite vacation spot for travel-wise voyageurs. A beautiful, unspoiled land a world away from the hustle and bustle of modern life. A land reserved to those who fly, where every comfort and convenience, excellent food and expert attention are as much a part of your stay as the breath-taking sunsets, the soft thundering of the sea and its magnificent thirty-foot surf. Not soon can one forget these rainbow waters, soft deep sands, the friendly sun, the cool sweet trade winds blown from across the broadest sea.”
James W. Wensyel, in his article titled Odyssey Of The Wake Island Prisoners, states that the US Navy never lost sight of Wake Island’s military potential and turned the commercial airfield into a full-fledged defensive fortification, complete with 449 Marines, 71 Naval personnel, 5 Army radio operators, and 12 fixed-wing Grumman F4F-3 Wildcats fighter planes, all under the overall command of Commander Winfield S. Cunningham.
Japan Seizes Wake in World War II
“War with Japan was imminent, and an airstrip on Wake, about 2,000 miles west of Hawaii, would allow American heavy bombers to strike the Japanese-controlled Marshall Islands. And, if Guam were lost to the Japanese, Wake would be one of the closest American outposts to the Japanese mainland… [Early on the morning of December 8, 1941,] at 8:50 the Marines raised the American flag on its staff, something Marines did every morning all over the world… Not long after the flag raising, 36 Japanese Mitsubishi G3M2 Nell bombers crossed Wake in three V-formations. Soon their fragmentation bombs, accompanied by a steady drumming of machine-gun fire, tore the island to pieces… Japanese land-based aircraft from Roi in the Marshalls, later joined by aircraft from approaching Japanese carriers, pounded the atoll day after day. Before each attack, a dwindling number of American Wildcat fighters rose to meet them.
At 3 a.m. on December 11, a Japanese invasion task force commanded by Rear Adm. Sadamichi Kajioka, consisting of a light cruiser, six destroyers, two troop carriers and two armed merchantmen, confidently approached Wake’s beaches. Marine gunners let them close to 4,500 yards before their 5-inch naval guns opened fire. Their patience was rewarded with the sinking of one Japanese destroyer and damaging of the cruiser and three additional destroyers.
Photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy National Archives
Kajioka retreated, now knowing that Wake would not be taken without a fight. By the 21st, the last of the Wildcats had been destroyed in dogfights over the atoll… Japanese airplanes now roamed over the island at will, pounding American positions in preparation for a renewed attempt to seize the atoll.
In the dark, rain-swept early morning hours of December 23rd, Kajioka returned, his fleet bolstered by four heavy cruisers and various other warships, including landing craft, to assault Wake’s beaches with more than 900 well-trained infantrymen of the Special Naval Landing Force. At 2:35 a.m., the first Japanese landing barge ground ashore.
Soon a desperate battle was being fought across the atoll between groups of men fighting with rifles, bayonets, grenades and fists. The Americans fought hard, but more Japanese landed and pushed them toward the island’s center… Reports from the three islands were discouraging; there were simply too many Japanese and too few Americans… Cunningham, as the ranking officer, made the inevitable decision to surrender… Stunned defenders threw away rifle bolts, destroyed delicate range-finding instruments, drained hydraulic fluid from recoil cylinders and then surrendered. Eighty-one Marines, eight sailors and 82 civilian construction workers had been killed or wounded. The Japanese, however, paid a heavy price for their victory. The fight for Wake Island had cost them two destroyers and one submarine sunk, seven additional ships damaged, 21 aircraft shot down and almost 1,000 men killed.
Enraged by their losses, the Japanese treated their prisoners — military and civilian — brutally. Some were stripped naked, others to their underwear. Most had their hands tied behind their backs with telephone wire, with a second wire looped tightly from their necks to their wrists so that if they lowered their arms they would strangle themselves… The prisoners were then jammed into two suffocating concrete ammunition bunkers. Later they were herded to the airstrip and made to sit, naked, on the blistering hot concrete. When the Japanese set up machine guns nearby, most of the prisoners expected to be executed. That night, bone-chilling winds replaced the heat. The prisoners sat there, still waiting for food, water or medical treatment. The unfortunate prisoners remained sitting on the airstrip for two days. Finally, they were given food, much of it spoiled by the heat, and water, contaminated from being placed in unclean gasoline drums. Piles of assorted clothing seized earlier were placed before them… After returning his prisoners’ clothes, Kajioka, resplendent in white dress uniform and gleaming samurai sword, read a proclamation to the assembled prisoners. When he concluded, a Japanese interpreter informed the Americans that ‘the Emperor has graciously presented you with your lives.'”
After World War II
The defense of Wake was testimony to the valor and professionalism of the Marine garrison and its officers, December 11th being the only successful thwarting of an attempted amphibious landing by enemy forces in the Pacific throughout the war. The tale of the heroic battle for Wake Island inspired American soldiers worldwide. Almost four long years later, World War II ended, the prisoners were released, and control of the island was returned to the United States by the Japanese.
After a 7000-foot runway was paved over the existing coral runway in 1949, the island base also played a key role as a refueling stop for aircraft during the Korean War. And, as a result of the foresighted runway lengthening in 1959 to 9800 feet, the island was able to participate in Desert Storm in 1991, once again as a fueling station. Today, the former commercial airbase is used primarily by the US Army Space and Strategic Defense Command and for emergency landings of trans-Pacific flights. There are over 700 landings a year on the island.
An understanding of the history of Wake Island is fundamental for understanding the claims made by the Marshall Islands and the Kingdom of EnenKio.
Allen,Rick,Rosie,Bill,Berny and all my Thai Friends,
Looks like I left a year too early!!!I miss the island and all my friends there.Did Wilbur(the other Bill)leave or is he still on the island?I hope they are able to rebuild.I would love to hear from you guys!!!!rickmantx@aol.com
Hello all, Ioke is really bad, but hëll, a lot is still there. I hope things like wrecks from WW2 remain, because else I’m gonna cry right now :'( !!! I would like to get some emails (stories/photo’s) from people who lived / have been there because I ~LOVE~ this island! Please send me an email if you lived/been there I really really appreciate it!
By the way, if there are POW’s or soldiers who have fought out there, then please email me too! Stories or Photos are both welcome!!! pascalkoning453@msn.com ~THANK YOU VERY MUCH~
I had met the WW2 Wake Island military veterans at their reunion in 1999. It was held in Paducah, Kentucky. A fine group of veterans who had spent almost 4 years as POW’s after the island was overrun by the Japanese. They shared some stories with me and it was an experience I will never forget. God Bless these patriotic veterans.
As a kid during WWII my favorite Hollywood wartime movie was “Wake Island” staring William Baxter, Robert Preston and Brian Donlevy. Now of cause I am more fully aware of the true sad story. I have always remembered the movie and when I was in the Air Force stationed in Korea I was permitted to return to the States for a Christmas chartered R&R flight. On the return trip in January 1970 we stopped at Wake for refueling and I must say I felt like a kid again. One thing I remember most was the landing approach. Looking out the side window all I saw was water, water, water and bang, land. I thought to myself, so much death and misery for such a small area. While I was there I talked to a WAF stationed on the island and she really loved the place. Couldn’t get to see very much myself at the time but it would be great to go back and stay a while.
Eugene, for some reason I have trouble accessing your website. My brothers and I are very interested in the next reunion. My brother John lives in Texas and my youngest brother James is a truck driver. I work at Edwards for POL. We need to arrange the time off at the same time. If you can E-mail me at a1863tl@yahoo.com.
hey Eugene Delania, for some reason I am unable to access your website. My brothers and I are interested in the next reunion. My brother John lives in Texas, James is a truck driver, and I work at Edwards so coordinating the time off together my be a bit of a challenge. E-mail me when you get the chance at a1863tl@yahoo.com.
I’ve read all the comments people have made. A friend of mine was in a KC 135 crash on Wake in 1968. If anyone has information about this, pictures, or any details please email me at purpurac@bowater.com. Thanks very much.
I am the granddaughter of Eugene (Gene) Roy Ryan who was a marine on Wake Island and spent the rest of the war as a POW. Grandpa Ryan died when I was 2 mo. old so I don’t have the privilege of remembering this great man. I’m trying to compile some reminisces for family use – if anyone out there remembers him I would love to hear from you. Even if you don’t remember him but would be willing to let me interview you that would be great! Also – what is the possibility that my grandmother, dad, and I could attend the reunion next year? Also I believe I remember hearing about a newsletter that was sent out at one time? Is this still done and does anyone know who I would contact about this? Thank you ahead of time for your help – – Rachel Ryan
I was stationed TDY on Wake from Oct 1970 to Jan 1971. It was a great time. Three of us were assigned to the 2nd ADG. We were there to service AC 130’s on there way to Thailand. During the time we were there, we only had 13 aircraft to service. The rest of the time was ours. I learned to Scuba dive there. I was taught by an RAF Vulcan mecanic. His name was Geoff Smith. My diving buddy was Dalle Seamonds. We had some great dives using gear that would scare you today. I spent many nights fishing off the wooden bridge. We would get chunks of steak from the cafeteria and fish for whatever. I had a friend who was in EOD, Ike Isaacson, we would rig up parachute chord with a steel wire leader and big hook. With a bleach bottle as a bobber. We caught sharks with it. That was on the ship channel. We had the pleasure of attending New Years partys at the TWA and Pan Am hangers. I was good friends with the station attendant for Pan Am, Fermin Eustachio. I tried to call him after I went back to Clark but never got a hold of him. It was a paradise for 3 months for me. Tom Gruppi.
Great Web Site! I came across while looking for information on the Marine detachment. I knew two Marines that were captured and spent thw war in prison camp. The two of them stood next to me when I was sworn in, Feb ’57. Thier names are Lloyd Findley and Wiley Tipton. They both retired in early ’60.
I’ve been to Wake several times for brief fuel stops, beautiful place, wish I could go back.
If anyone knows of these men please send me a note. pvibe@msn.com
Tom Gruppi, I know how you can get in contact with Fermin Eustaquio. He is a member of the Wake Island Spirit, which was organized by myself a long time ago in a effort to bring former Wake Islanders together. I have well over 300 active members and an address list of over 400 former Islanders. You can write me at WakeIslandSpirit@groups.msn.com if you’d like to contact Fermin. Also, if you or anyone else is interested, there will be a Wake Island Reunion next year in Branson, Missouri, August 2-4, 2007. Email me for more information. Feel free to visit our website: http://groups.msn.com/WakeIslandSpirit.
Hey All –
I am in the process of updating the Wake Island web site with recent pictures of the storm recovery as well as Island personnel and dive photos. Please take a look at the new site and provide insight as to what you would like to see mentioned or displayed. http://www.wake-islandairfield.net
Mahalo –
Allen Woffard, Sheriff/Peace Officer
Wake Island Airfield
Hello Tom Gruppi,
Indeed very glad to hear that you still remember me after all these years. I moved to Los Angeles after I left Wake Island in 1971 and still in L.A. You may reach me at 323 309-4767 or send me an e-mail. Eugene – thanks for the reply.
I have been attending the Wake Island reunion twice already and there is another one coming next year in MO, hope you can attend. I am very thankful to Bill Hylton, co-worker from Pan Am, who called me and informed me of this website. Looking forward to hearing from you soon. My e-mail address is hellofermin@yahoo.com
While in The U.S. Air Force, assigned to Hickam AFB, Hawaii 1960-1963, as an air to ground radio operator, I was fortunate
to fly ACM to Japan and stop at Wake on the long verson of the C-130 the C-133, carring cargo, etc to Tachikawa.
I also worked the radio on serveral SAM (special air mission) flights from Hickam to Wake to Tachikawa. I enjoyed
talking to the FAA radio operators on Wake….mature, and poised and informal on the HF frequencies.. like 13215.5 or
5710.5 or 6730.5 or 3144 or the busy freq 11228 , and this was before SSBand all AM frequencies….I remember crossing
the International Date Line at 180 degrees and longitude postions changing to East versus West. And I remember the
stops at Wake and the pretty Airline stewardess’ at the local bar…by the way I was with the 1957th Comm Group, AACS,
at Hickam AFB. I too, would love to “experience” Wake Island, again! Fred
any new pictures of wake after typhoon?
I worked with pol Wake Island from 1986 to 1992 all that time I’m so happiness.And to much fun.
Akkhawut Rakphaet
q.c.pol wake island
p.s. I came from Thailand
GREAT TO STOP BY AGAIN AND SEE WHAT’S GOING ON..
IS THE RUNWAY ON WAKE OPERATIONAL?
This is an answer to Mr. Rauzon from march 18 2005. The CIA and AF conducted psyc warfare testing through the contractor on the cilvilians from 2002-2005. It was project OMF. I know because I was part of that project for 2 1/2 years as an island test subject. I canot reveal any more than that. Good luck to all.
I have just stumbled onto this website by accident and after reading through all of the letters, it has truly made my day. I was a kid on Wake Island from 1962 to 1966. From the letters that I read through, I knew Debbie Dryer and her sister Donna, Donald and Larry Hopp and Bill MacMinn was the first and his brother were the first children That I was introduced to while hitchhiking to the other side of the island. My dad was the area supervisor for Page Communications. My brother Stewart and I were the first licensed shoeshine boys in the then new airport terminal.
Debbie, I have a picture of you sitting on your mother’s lap. I also have pictures of your dad.If you would like them, please drop me a note at ksamuels2@yahoo.com.
Enjoyed reading this website. Found some people I know that left a reply. Interesting inputs. I worked for FMC 67-72 as Chief of Personnel, under the leadership of LtCol Bud Dreyer and my immediate boss, George W Miles. Did gave my free time also to Station KEAD in the evenings. Was bored! I found my close friends in the internet this year that worked for NOAA, Ron and Maripat Willis. We were reunited again after 30+ yrs.
I took early retirement last yr. and has been residing since 1984 in New Jersey (1979 to 1984 – Chicago, Ill), but in a few months my wife and I will be moving permanently to the Philippines. I will be back checking this website from time to time.
First the following is a list of the POW’s from Wake Island at this website http://www.mansell.com/pow_resources/wake-list.html
I am Ron Skates, my father “Tom” Skates was the assistant Station Manager for FMC, Automation Industries and Con Am. They kept changing names but mostly known for FMC.
My Mother Betty Skates played many rolls the BOH manager, she closed it in 72(?). Post Mistress, Faa Club Manager, Womns club president publishing the Wake Island Cook Book, Red Cross director and what ever else. And my sister Penni.
My Family was there from 62 to around 72. We first lived on the old side where the hot cargo stand was and then to the Peale side of Wake.
To much to go on about. You can contact me at rjs@hawaii50.net. You can also go to http://www.hawaii50.net or http://wakeisland.ws which has links to info I have found on the Web.
Also contact Eugene as he has a great support group. I am in contact regularlly with Rick Olsen, Mark Bates. and Thora Beatty. Rick’s still mad at me for having a motorized bike.
Come on Kenny we did not shine shoes for money, we spent most of the time trying to con the flight crews of there insignias and pins. I conned a One star General out of his Star.
Good times and bad,remeber the FMC plane disappearing around 63 bound from Honolulu to Long Beach, the KC 135 catching fire when a wing jack went through it. The Bob Hope USO tours. The Xmas Parties and the times we did the nut cracker suite and toyland plays? The picnics, diving water sking? Riding the currents in front of Drifters Reef, jumping off the bridge?
Any one know what happend to Ronnie Blanton?
I also am in fairly regular contact with Wake, and might have a way of buying Wake Island Shirts hats, and etc from the gift shop.
Remeber you can contact me at rjs@hawaii50.net
Keep in contact
Ron Skates
Hi Ronnie. Greetings from the Republic of Nauru. I worked at Wake Island (FMC Base Office) with your dad, Mr. Tom Skates,FMC Asst. Station Manager and also with your mother Mrs. Betty Skates at Bank of Nauru until its closure on Sept 1974.
Your dad hired me to work for Pacific Construction Co. in 1975 and here I am still in Nauru. Say hi to your sister Penni and husband Jim Irwin.
Hey Ron, Very nice to hear from you. Rick is not the only one mad at you about the motorized bike! I would like to set the record straight. I never conned anyone for a shoe shine. I went one better though. I got a navy commander who piloted a DC-3 to take my dads radio gear back to Hawaii when we left the island in 1966. I remember that FMC plane crash back in 1965 as though it happened yesterday. That plane took me to Hawaii when I shattered my right arm. It crashed after it had dropped my mom and I off at Wake a week later.The Cope family was lost in the crash.By the way, I talked to Eugene about a month ago and he said something about getting a hold of you because I am going to put up another web site for Wake Island as soon as I finish this last quarter of college. My brother Mike and I will be going to the reunion in Branson in August. I hope to see you there.
Hey Ron,
Don’t know if you remember me or not, but I am Mike and Ken’s younger brother. Reading your messages to Ken certainly brought back great times for me as well. Remember the “tar” pits by our house? How about the “Green Bunker” across the way from the Page Communication facility? And who can forget Al Ching’s bowling alley and the great picnics at the Pan Am beach. And how about the old outdoor driven theater where we use to shoot spit-wads at each other?
Morning all –
The website has been updated with new photos since the storm and we are begining the slow process of debris removal and the trees are starting to show signs of new growth.
We finally sponsored the island first Relay For Life and used the runway as the staging and relay areas.
I depart from here on 7 July after two years as the island cop. I appreciate all the historical information and updates for the website that people have sent in and yes there is a petition being started to name the housing area after Lou Hithcock who has been stationed here for 33 years now. He still gets a laugh of people that call them “Wake Island Alumni,” that only lived here for 6 mths to a year.
Joe (seaghost) – the Air Force said that you stared at those computer screens to long and you should get out of the IT business. It was said that if there was testing in the years that you stated you would not of been able to say who or when it occured, you instigator – you know that all they did was to switch the regular Coke with New Coke to see if anyone noitced, and we heard what happened in Vegas and the Hawaii Cruise!! Bad Joe – Bad! lol
Again, thanks all for the years of assistance while I was stationed here. I will upload the last 600 photos when I get to Hickam and a good high speed connection on the 7th.
Mahalo!
Allen Woffard, Sheriff/Peace Officer
Wake Island Airfield