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1 online resource (1 audio file (13hr., 40 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by David Cochran Heath. |
| Summary |
On December 8, 1941, just five hours after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Japanese planes attacked a remote US outpost in the westernmost reaches of the Pacific. It was the beginning of an incredible sixteen-day fight for Wake Island, a tiny but strategically valuable dot in the ocean. Unprepared for the stunning assault, the small battalion was dangerously outnumbered and outgunned. But they compensated with a surplus of bravery and perseverance, waging an extraordinary battle against all odds. When it was over, a few hundred American Marines, sailors, and soldiers, along with a small army of heroic civilian laborers, had repulsed enemy forces several thousand strong-but it was still not enough. Among the Marines was twenty-year-old PFC Wiley Sloman. By Christmas Day, he lay semiconscious in the sand, struck by enemy fire. Another day would pass before he was found-stripped of his rifle and his uniform. Shocked to realize he hadn't awakened to victory, Sloman wondered: Had he been given up for dead-and had the Marines simply given up? In this riveting account, veteran journalist Bill Sloan re-creates this history-making battle, the crushing surrender, and the stories of the uncommonly gutsy men who fought it. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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United States. Marine Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.
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United States. Marine Corps -- History -- 20th century.
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Wake Island, Battle of, Wake Island, 1941.
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| Added Author |
Heath, David Cochran.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781666110470 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1666110477 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT14001274 |
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