Dropping into Wicked Wake (Heroes take on Wake Island) for a brief tour of duty I was greeted by the calm relaxing sounds of waves crashing on shore. Just listening to the harmonious ambiance, made me ...

Sunday morning 7 December 1941 is a date that is printed in the collective American mind. It was the day the Japanese ...

Heavily bombarded during a bloody two-week battle in World War II and the subsequent 44-month occupation by the Japanese before being handed over to US forces on September 4, 1945, Wake Atoll has ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. I remember pumping 100s of hours into the Battlefield 1942 demo back in the 90s, which was just the iconic Wake Island map but man, it was revolutionary.

Few levels in modern multiplayer gaming have been more beloved than Wake Island, first released as the Battlefield 1942 demo. I was one of the players who became hooked on the game after that first ...

The heroic defense of Wake Island in December 1941 by some 385 US marines has not only been reproduced as a screen feature almost minutely faithful to the facts but without stooping to cheapness in ...

Early on December 8, 1941, an American radio technician on Wake Island opened daily communications with the US Navy base at Pearl Harbor, located on the other side of the international date line. The ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — If the United States would have to pull back its armed forces out of the western half of the Pacific during a military conflict, it would choose Wake Island between Japan and ...

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen said Monday a visit by an unofficial US delegation in the wake of a key election demonstrated the close partnership between the island and the United States, its main ...