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Craig Haffner

Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific

  • Documentary
  • History
  • War
RELEASE

2003-06-02

BUGET

N/A

LENGTH

105 min

Description

This documentary is a captivating account of the defense of Wake Island by a small contingent of United States Marines and civilian contractors. From December 8th until December 23rd, 1941 the defenders thwarted an aerial attack and an attempted amphibious landing from a naval task force before finally being overwhelmed by the third attempt by the Japanese Imperial Navy.