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Wake Island (1942)
In November 1941, Major Caton takes command of the small Marine garrison on Wake Island. His tendency toward spit and polish upsets the men's tropical lassitude, but Pearl Harbor changes everything. Soon the island is attacked and the Marines pull together day by day; but how long can they hold out?
Events
December 8th , 1941, the battle of Wake Island
Directed by John Farrow
Starring Brian Donlevy, Macdonald Carey, Robert Preston, William Bendix