Marshall Islands Wake Atoll
Eclectic Bibliography

compiled by Dirk H.R. Spennemann






Geography and Geology



Barrows, R.G
1936Report [on a survey of Wake Island] of the district engineer In: United States, House of Representatives, 1936, Wake Island, Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated June 30, 1936, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on a preliminary examination and survey of Wake Island authorized by the River and Harbor Act Approved August 30, 1935 House Document No 84, 75th Congress, 1st session. Pp. 10-19.
Report on the topography and marine geology of Wake Atoll based on the results of the survey by U.S.S.Nitro, together with an assessment of its suitability for military purposes.


Bryan, E.H., jr
1959Notes on the geography and natural history of Wake Island. Atoll Research Bulletin 66. Washington: Pacific Science Board.


Green, M.M
1938Wake, the perfect island. Honolulu Star Bulletin Five Star Weekly and Feature Section 7 May 1938.
Newspaper article on the geography and history of Wake island.


Heine, Dwight, & Anderson, J.A
1971Enen-kio Island of the kio flower. Micronesian Reporter 14 (4), 34-37.


Jackson, T.H
1936Report [on a survey of Wake Island ] of the divison engineer In: United States, House of Representatives, 1936, Wake Island, Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated June 30, 1936, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on a preliminary examination and survey of Wake Island authorized by the River and Harbor Act Approved August 30, s1935 House Document No 84, 75th Congress, 1st session. Pp. 6-10.
Report on the topography and marine geology of Wake Atoll based on the results of the survey by U.S.S.Nitro, together with an assessment of its suitability for military purposes.


JICPOA
1944Joint Intelligence Center Pacific Ocean Areas, Air Target maps and Photos ATF No. 23-A Wake. February 20, 1944. 64th Engr. Top. Co. USAFICPA No. 596-3.
Detailed bomb target map of Wake Atoll with numerous aerial photos.


Pillsbury, G.B
1936Report [on a survey of Wake Island ] of the board of engineers for Rivers and Harbors. In: United States, House of Representatives, 1936, Wake Island, Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated June 30, 1936, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on a preliminary examination and survey of Wake Island authorized by the River and Harbor Act Approved August 30, 1935 House Document No 84, 75th Congress, 1st session. Pp. 3-5.
Report on the topography and marine geology of Wake Atoll based on the results of the survey by U.S.S.Nitro, together with an assessment of its suitability for military purposes.


Spennemann, D.H.R
1990Geography and Natural History of Eneenkio Enenkio Background Report No. 1. Report prepared for the Special Commission on Eneen-Kio (Wake Island). Majuro: Ministry of Foreign Affairs.


Thorp, Th.E
1960Wake Island. University of California, Riverside. Library Summary 27.


United States, House of Representatives
1936Wake Island, Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated June 30, 1936, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on a preliminary examination and survey of Wake Island authorized by the River and Harbor Act Approved August 30, 1935 House Document No 84, 75th Congress, 1st session. 19pp.
Report on the topography and marine geology of Wake Atoll based on the results of the survey by U.S.S.Nitro, together with an assessment of its suitability for military purposes.


van Dorn, W.G
1961 The source motion of the tsunami of March 6, 1957 as deduced from wave measurements at Wake Island. Proceedings of the tsunami Symposion, 10th Pacific Science Congress, Honolulu 1961 International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Monograph 24, Pp. 39-48.
This paper describes the effects and the source of a tsunami affecting Wake Atoll.

1964 Tsunamis. Advances in Hydrosciences New York: Academic Press. Pp. 1-46.
This paper describes the effects and the source of a tsunami affecting Wake Atoll.

1969A model experiment on the generation of the tsunami of March 28, 1964 in Alasaka. In: W.M.Adams (ed.), Tsunamis in the Pacific Ocean. Honolulu: East-West Center.
This paper uses data of a tsunami affecting Wake Atoll to explain tsunami theory.

1970Tsunami response at Wake Island: comparison of the hydraulic and numerical approaches. Journal of Marine Research 28(3), 336-344.
This paper uses data of a tsunami affecting Wake Atoll to explain tsunami theory.


Vastano, A.C. & R.O.Reid
1970Tsunami response at Wake Island:a model study. Journal of Marine Research 28(3),345-356.
This paper uses data of a tsunami affecting Wake Atoll to explain tsunami theory.

Maps



Map
1854Wakes Island, Map 94. in: Wilkes, Ch.1858, Atlas of Charts from the surveys of the expedition. Vol. II. United States Exploring Expedition, Volume XX. Philadelphia: C.Sherman.
First map of Wake Atoll.


Map
1935Wake Island, from a survey by U.S.S.Nitro 1935 with additions from U.S.S.Tanager survey 1923. Natural scale 1:45,000. U.S.navy, Hydrographic Office. No. 162 (1935).


Map
1936Wake Island, Location of proposed harbour. Map prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Scale 1:24.016. In: United States, House of Representatives, 1936, Wake Island, Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated June 30, 936, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on a preliminary examination and survey of Wake Island authorized by the River and Harbor Act Approved August 30, 1935. House Document No 84, 75th Congress, 1st session.


Map
1944Wake Island. Map based on sorties of 5-6 October 1943, prepared by the Joint Intelligence Center Pacific Ocean Areas PRISIC No. M-40229-8. Contained in: JICPOA, 1944, Joint Intelligence Center Pacific Ocean Areas, Air Target maps and Photos ATF No. 23-A Wake. February 20, 1944. 64th Engr. Top. Co. USAFICPA No. 596-3.


Map
1944Wake Island. Army Map Service Map based on aerial photos and intelligence. Scale 1:10,000. AWS W882 Type F AMS 1. Washington: War Department, Army Map Service.


Map
1945Wake Island. Army Map Service Map based on aerial photos and intelligence. Scale 1:10,000. AWS W882 Type F AMS 3. Washington: War Department, Army Map Service.


Map
1947North Pacific Ocean. Wake Island. Based on a survey by U.S.S.Hydrographer in 1945. Scale 1:15,000. United Stated Hydrographic Office Map USHO No 6034. April 1947. Washington: Secretary of the Navy, Hydrographic Office.


Map
1976Pacific Ocean. Wake Island, United States Possession. Scale 1:13,000. National Oceanographic Survey Map 81664. 4th edition, 24 february 1976. Washington: U.S.Department of Commerce, National Oceanographic and Athmos[heric Administration, National Oceanographic Survey.


Map
1954Wake Island, NW, North Pacific Ocean. Prepared by the 29th Engineer Battalion, compiled in 1954 by planetable survey methods 1952. Sheet 7579 IV NW Series W823, Edition 1-AMS (AFFE). Washington: Department of Defense, U.S.Army Corps of Engineers, U.S.Army Map Service.


Map
1963Wake Island, NW, North Pacific Ocean. Prepared by the 29th Engineer Battalion, compiled in 1954 by planetable survey methods 1952. Sheet 7579 IV NW Series W823, Edition 1-AMS (AFFE). 2nd printing November 1963. Stock No. W823X75794NW. Washington: Department of Defense, U.S.Army Corps of Engineers, U.S.Army Map Service.

Biology



Aldrich, J.M
1931New acalyptrate Diptera from the Pacific and Oriental Regions. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 7(3), 395-399.
Scientific paper on insects (Diptera) from the Pacific area, including references from Wake Atoll.


Amerson, A.B
1969Ornithology of the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 127. Washington: Smithsonian Institution.


Anonymous
1941Rats-crabs-birds; how PAA unwittingly upset nature's balance at Wake Island. Pacific Islands Monthly Vol. 12 (3), October 1941, Page 68.


Bailey, A.M
1951 Notes on the birds of Midway and Wake Islands. Wilson Bulletin 63(1), 33-37.
General paper on birds in the Central Pacific area.


Bailey, J.W. & W.H.Harvey
1874 Algae. In: U.S.Exploring Expedition, Vol 17, Botany Cryptogamia. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. pp. 153-192.
First description of algae from Wake Atoll, collected and observed during the U.S.Exploring Expedition's visit to Wake Atoll in 1840.


Baker, R.H
1951. The avifauna of Micronesia. Its origin, evolution, and distribution. University of Kansas Publications Museum of Natural History 3(1), 1-359.

Banner, A.H., J.C.Nevenzel & W.R. Hudgins
1969Marine Toxins from the Pacific II. The contamination of Wake Island Lagoon. Atoll Research Bulletin 122. Washington: Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.


Bryan, E.H. jr
1959. Notes on the geography and natural history of Wake Island. Atoll Research Bulletin 66. Washington: Pacific Science Board.
1926a Insects of the Tanager Expedition (Abstract). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Academy of Science, 1st Annual Meeting 1926. Bernice P.Bishop Museum Special Publication 11, 31. Honolulu: Bernice P.Bishop Museum.
Short description of the insects found on Wake Atoll collected during the 1923 Tanager Expedition.

1948Flies on Wake. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 13, 221.
Short general paper on fly species of Wake Atoll.


Bryan, E.H. jr., and collaborators
1926Insects of Hawaii, Johnston Island and Wake Island. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 31, 1-94. Honolulu: Bernice P.Bishop Museum.
General paper on the insects of the Central Pacific Ocean, includes references to Wake Atoll.


Casey, E
1966. The birds of Wake Island `Elepaio 43:69-70.

Chilson, L.M
1953Fleas on Wake Island. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 15(1), 1.
Short general paper on the discovery of a flea species on a warehouse floor on Wake Atoll.


Christopherson, E
1931Vascular Plants of Johnstone and Wake Islands. Bernice P.Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 9(13) 1-20.
The paper discusses the vascular plants collected during the 1923 Tanager Expedition on Wake and Johnston Atolls.


Clark, H.L
1925Echinoderms other than sea stars. In: Marine Zoology of the tropical Central Pacific. Bernice P.Bishop Museum Bulletin 27: Honolulu: Bernice P.Bishop Museum. Pp. 89-111.
The paper discusses sea urchins and other echinoderms collected during the 1923 Tanager Expedition. The paper includes specimens collected on Wake Atoll.


Cresson, E.T. jr
1934Descriptions of a new genus and species of the dipterous family Ephydridae XI. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 60, 199-222.
The article contains a scientific description of a new fly species occurring in the Hawaiian area inc; species on Wake


Cummins, G.B
1940Descriptions of tropical rusts. Torrey Botany Club Bulletin 67,67-75.
The paper contains a description of tropical rusts and contains references to species occurring on Wake Atoll.


Dana, J.D
1846Zoophytes. In: U.S.Exploring Expedition,Vol 7, Crustacea. Philadelphia: C.Sherman.
First description of the corals from Wake Atoll, collected and observed during the U.S.Exploring Expedition's visit to Wake Atoll in 1840.

1852Crustacea. In: U.S.Exploring Expedition,Vol 13, Crustacea. Philadelphia: C.Sherman.
First description of the crustacea from Wake Atoll, collected and observed during the U.S.Exploring Expedition's visit to Wake Atoll in 1840.

1853Crustacea Vol. II. In: U.S.Exploring Expedition,Vol 14, Crustacea. Philadelphia: C.Sherman.
First description of the crustacea from Wake Atoll, collected and observed during the U.S.Exploring Expedition's visit to Wake Atoll in 1840.


Edmondson, Ch.H
1925Crustacea. In: Marine Zoology of the tropical Central Pacific. Bernice P.Bishop Museum Bulletin 27: Honolulu: Bernice P.Bishop Museum. pp. 3-62.
The paper discusses the crabs and shrimp collected during the 1923 Tanager Expedition. The paper includes specimens collected on Wake Atoll.


Fisher, W.K
1925Sea stars. In: Marine Zoology of the tropical Central Pacific. Bernice P.Bishop Museum Bulletin 27: Honolulu: Bernice P.Bishop Museum. Pp. 63-88.
The paper discusses sea stars (echinoderms) collected during the 1923 Tanager Expedition. The paper includes specimens collected on Wake Atoll.


Fosberg, F.Raymond
1959Notes on rats and pest control on Wake Island, 1952. In: E.H.Bryan, Notes on the geography and natural history of Wake Island. Atoll Research Bulletin 66. Washington: Pacific Science Board. pp. 7-8

1955b Northern Marshall Islands Expedition, 1951-1952. Land biota:vascular plants. Atoll Research Bulletin 39. Washington: Pacific Science Board.

1959b Vegetation and flora of Wake Island. Atoll Research Bulletin 67. Washington: Pacific Science Board.


Foulton, J.F
1939A trip to Bohol in search of tarsius. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 11, 561-573.
General description of Wake Atoll by a naturalist during a stop-over on a trans-Pacific Trip.


Fowler, H.W., & S.C.Ball
1924Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the Tanager expedition of 1923 in the Pacific Islands west of Hawaii. Proceedings of the Academy Natural Sciencies Philadelphia 76, 269-274.
The paper discusses fish specimens collected and seen during the 1923 Tanager Expedition. The paper includes specimens collected on Wake Atoll.


Fowler, H.W. & S.C.Ball
1925Fishes of Hawaii, Johnstone Island and Wake Island. Bernice P.Bishop Museum Bulletin 26. Honolulu: Bernice P.Bishop Museum.
The paper discusses fish specimens collected and seen during the 1923 Tanager Expedition. The paper includes specimens collected on Wake Atoll.


Grant, Ch
1947Frigate bird and the Laysan rail. Condor 49(3) 130.


Jacot, A.P
1928New oribatoid mites. Psyche 35, 213-215.
cientific account of mites from the Pacific area, including records from Wake Atoll.

1929Concerning the genus Neolides (Oribatoidea - Acarina). American Microscopical Society Transactions.48, 30-48
Scientific account of mites from the Pacific area, including records from Wake Atoll.

1934Some Hawaiian Oribatoidea (Acarina). Bernice P.Bishop Museum Bulletin 121. Honolulu: Bernice P.Bishop Museum. Pp. 1-99.
Scientific account of mites from the Pacific area, including records from Wake Atoll.


Marshall, H.G
1968Marine phytoplankton collected at Wake Island. Hydrobiology 31 (1/2), 145-149.


Olson, S.L
1996History and ornithological journals of the Tanager Expedition of 1923 to the northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Johnston and Wake Islands. Atoll Researdh Bulletin. 433.


Peale, T.R
1848Mammals and Ornithology. In: U.S.Exploring Expedition, Vol 8, Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard.
First description of the birds and mammals from Wake Atoll, collected and observed during Charles Wilkes' U.S.Exploring Expedition's visit to the atoll in 1840.


Porter, H.P
1953. The brave young birds of Wake Island. Elepaio 13:47-48.

Rosen, L., W.C.Reeves & T.Aarons
Aedes aegypti on Wake. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 13, 255-256.


Rothschild, W
1903 Hypotaenida wakensis n. sp. British Ornithological Bulletin 13(99), 78.
Original description of the Wake Atoll rail.<p>


Thompson, G.B
1938The Hippoboscidae (Diptera) recorded from the Pacific Islands. Entomology Monthly Magazine 74, 14-17.
Scientific paper on insects from the Pacific Ocean area, includes references to specimens from Wake Atoll.


Treadwell, A.L
1925Polychateus annelids. In: Marine Zoology of the tropical Central Pacific. Bernice P.Bishop Museum Bulletin 27: Honolulu: Bernice P.Bishop Museum. Pp. 113-119.
The paper discusses the annelids collected during the 1923 Tanager Expedition. The paper includes specimens collected on Wake Atoll.


Vaughn, Ch
1945 Observations on the birds of Wake Island. The Migrant 16(2), 26-28.
Article on the birds of Wake Atoll after the end of World War II.


Wetmore, A
1925 Bird life among lava rock and coral sand. The chronicle of a scientific expedition to little-known islands of Hawaii. National Geographic Magazine 48, 77-108.
Description of the Tanager Expedition in 1923 with pictures of Midway and Johnston Atolls.


Wheeler, W.M
1934 Revised list of Hawaiian ants. Bernice P.Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 10 (21), 1-21. Honolulu: Bernice P.Bishop Museum.
Scientific study of ants of the Hawaiian area. Includes specimens known from Wake Atoll.


Williams, F.X
1945Achaea janata (Linn.) Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 12, 233.
Scientific study of moths of the Hawaiian area, includes specimens from Wake Atoll.

World War II History



Anonymous
1939New bases in north Pacific: feverish American activity. Pacific Islands Monthly Vol. 10 (2), September 1939, Pp. 51-52.

1941Japanese Naval Vessels. snooping near U.S. Pacific bases Pacific Islands Monthly Vol 12 (4), November 1941, Page 14.
The newsitem mentions the occurrence of Japanese warships circling the U.S. Navy airstations on Midway and Wake Atolls and the bases on Guam and Nauru.

1941 Stand at Wake. Time Vol. 38, December 22, 1941, P, 19.
Description of the stand of the U.S. Marines against the attack by Japanese forces.

1941Japanese Attack. Pacific Islands Monthly December 1941, Page 1.
Description of the stand of the U.S. Marines against the attack by Japanese forces.

1942Battle of Wake. Paradise of the Pacific. 54(2), 10-12 (February 1942).
Summary of an official U.S.Navy press release and account of the battle on Wake Atoll.

1942Flame of glory; Wake's hopeless, gallant fight. Time Vol. 39, January 19, 1942, Page 20.
Description of the stand of the U.S. Marines against the attack by Japanese forces.

1942 Isles of valor. Newsweek Vol, 19, January 5, 1942, Page 14.
Description of the stand of the U.S. Marines against the attack by Japanese forces.

1942Overwhelmend by Japanese. Pacific Islands Monthly January 1942, Page 11.
Summary of an official U.S.Navy press release and account of the battle on Wake Atoll.p>

1942Wake and Midway. Pacific Islands Monthly January 1942, Page 11.
News item summing up the role of wake and Midway before the war and their fate during the initial days of fighting.

1942Midway holds out; may yet provide nail to Jap coffin. Pacific Islands Monthly Vol. 12 (8), March 1942, page 6.
Wake Atoll renamed Ottori Jima by the Japanese.
Summary of an official U.S.Navy press release and account of the battle on Wake Atoll.

1942Remember Guam and Wake! American Federationist Vol. 49 (1), January 1942, 1.
Summary of an official U.S.Navy press release and account of the battle on Wake Atoll and Guam.

1942Semper fidelis. Scholastic Vol. 39,January 12, 1942, Page 4.
Summary of an official U.S.Navy press release and account of the battle on Wake Atoll and Guam.

1942Wake's 378 Time Vol. 39, January 5, 1942, Page 20.
Summary of an official U.S.Navy press release and account of the battle on Wake Atoll.

1942Wake Island. The epic story of 443 marines standing off a great Japanese fleet and 300 Jap planes for 15 days. Look Vol. 6 (19), September 22, 1942, Pages 38-41.
Summary of an official U.S.Navy press release and account of the battle on Wake Atoll.

1942World War in the Pacific; progress of events and what they signify. Pacific Islands Monthly Vol. 12 (6), January 1942, Page 7-12.

1943Pacific news-review; notes and comments on the progress of the war from Sept. 15 to Oct.14 .Pacific Islands Monthly Vol. 14 (3), October 1943, Page 1.

1943Wake Island. Spectator 170, January 15 1943, 45.
Review of a film on the stand of the U.S. Marines at Walke Island. Fictitious account of the occurrences made for propaganda purposes.

1943Wake Island: the mid-Pacific Jap air base attacked by U.S. Navy. Illustrated London News 20 (5457), November 20, 1943, 563.
Newspaper report on the U.S. carrier strike on Wake Atoll. Report includes official U.S.Navy photographs.

1944Raid on Wake. Flying 34, January 1944, 28-29.
Newspaper report on the U.S. carrier strike on Wake Atoll. Report includes official U.S.Navy photographs.

1945Wake Island; Americans retake Pacific outpost.Life 19, September 24, 1945, 49-50.
Newspaper report on the surrender of the Japanese garrison on Wake Atoll. Report includes official U.S.Navty photographs.

1945Wake: two who got back. Newsweek 26, July 30, 1945, 30.
Newspaper report on the depradations of two survivors of the former U.S. Wake Atoll garrison.p>


Armknecht, R
1942This was Wake. Christian Science Monitor Magazine 3 July 1942, P.7


Baldwin, H.W
1942Saga of Wake. Virginia Quarterly Review 18 (3), 321-335.


Bayler, W.L.J
1943Last man off Wake Island, as told to Cecil Carnes. Saturday Evening Post 215(40), April 3, 1943,12-13,62,64,66; 215(41), April 10, 1943, 28-29,37-38,40,42; 215(42), April 17, 1942, 26-27,39,41,44.


Bayler, W.L.J
194Last man off Wake Island. Indianapolis, New York:The Bobbs-Merrill Co.


Bayler, W.L.J
1943A day on Wake Island. Marine Corps Gazette 27, July 1943, 7.
Description of the daily routines of a U.S.Marine on Wake Atoll before the Japanese attack.


Bell, H.H
1947Review of: J.P.S.Devereux, The story of Wake Island. Philadelphia, New York: Lippincott Co. [1947]. In: Proceedings of the U.S.Naval Institute, Pp. 1112-1113.


Blakeney, J
1957Heroes U.S.Marine Corps 1861-1955. Armed Forces Awards, Flags. Reference Book. Washington: United States Marine Corps.
Volume listing all military awards given to U.S. Marine Coirps personnel. Contains citations for several soldiers involved in the 1941 defense of Wake Atoll.


Burroughs, J.R
1959Siege of Wake Island. American Heritage 10, June 1959, 65-76.


Casey, R.J
1943Field day at Wake Island. In: W.H.Fetridge (ed.) Navy reader. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co. Pp, 187-200.


Cohen, S
198Enemy on island - issue in doubt: the capture of Wake Island, December 1941. Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Co.


Conner, J
1945Return from Wake. Leatherneck 28, October 1945, 20-22.


Cunningham, W.S
1961Wake Island Command. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
Account of the Battle of Wake by the commander of the Wake Atoll garrison. The account differs in many respects from the official version by Devereux and the historical section of the U.S. Marines (Heinl). The book also contains an assessment of the prisoner of war conditions in China and the media cpverage of the Battle of Wake during and after the war.


Devereux, J.P.S
1946 This is how it was, as told to J.Bryan. Saturday Evening Post 218, 23 February 1946, 110-11; 218, 2 March 1946, 28-29; 218, 9 March 1946, 28-29; 218, 16 March 1946, 20.

1947The story of Wake Island. Philadelphia, New York: Lippincott Co.

1959The story of Wake Island. London:Panther Books.

1978Wake Island. Revised & enlarged edition. Canoga park, California:Major Books.


Dierdorff, R.A
1943Pioneer party - Wake Island. Proceedings of the U.S.Naval Institute 69 (482), 499-508.


Furnas, W.J
1942Leathernecks to the last. Heroic defenders of Wake Island. Collier's 110 (21) 21 November 1942, 100-101.


Griffin, A
1942Here come the marines: the story of the Devil dogs from Trysoli to Wake Island. New York: Hoswell, Sosokin Publishing Co.
General history of the U.S.Marines. Contains a section on the defense of Wake in December 1942.


Hall, M
1947Journey to an end of an era. New York:_______.
Memoirs of an air officer, U.S.Forces. Contains description of birds, flora and geography on Wake and Midway.


Harwell, E
1945The Wake Story. Leatherneck 28, 22-26.


Heinl, R.D
1946"We're headed for Wake". Marine Corps Gazette June 1946.


Heinl, R.D. jr
1947The defense of Wake. Washington, D.C.:U.S.Marine Corps, Division of Public Information, Historical Section.


Holbrook, S.H
1942Battle at Wake. In: _____, None more courageous American war heroes of today. New York: Macmillan Co.


Junghans
no dateThe story of Wake Island. 32pp. illustrated.


Kaucher, D
1947Wings over Wake. San Francisco:John Howell.


Kephart, R
1950Wake, war and waiting. New York:Exposition Press.


Morris, F.D
1943Zero weather. Collier's 112, 18 December 1943, 24.
Report in the October 1943 U.S. carrier strike on Wake Island.


Nelson, D.M
1942The lesson of Wake Island. In: U.S. labor goes to war. Washington, D.C.: U.S.Emergency Management Office, War Production Board. Pp. 23-24.


Schultz, D.P
1978Wake Island, the heroic gallant fight. New York: St.Martin's Press.


Sheean, V
1942 Flight home - just before Pearl Harbor. Tomorrow 1 (11), July 1942, 44-49.


Sherrod, R
1943Raid on Wake Island from the rear seat of a dive bomber. Life 15, 25 October 1943, 27-29.


Sherwood, R.E
1947Preface to J.P.S.Devereux, The story of Wake Island. Philadelphia, New York: Lippincott Co. [1947]


Sparkes, B. & C.E.Dickinson
1942 I fly for a vengeance. Saturday Evening Post 215, 24 October 1942, 24-25.


Spennemann, Dirk H.R
1990To hell and back: Wake during World War II. A Report presented to the Special Commission on Eneenkio (Wake Island).Enenkio Background Report No. 4.Report prepared for the Special Commission on Eneen-Kio (Wake Island). Majuro: Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

1990 "Send us more Japs": a review of U.S. sentiments towards Wake Island. A Report presented to the Special Commission on Eneenkio (Wake Island).Enenkio Background Report No. 5. Report prepared for the Special Commission on Eneen-Kio (Wake Island). Majuro: Ministry of Foreign Affairs.


Streeter, M
1946War damage claim. Pacific Islands Monthly August 1946, Page 35.


Thomas, L.J
1943Four-plane airforce. In: ____ These men shall never die. Philadelphia: John C.Winston Co. Pp.19-22.


Ullman, J.R
1960Wake, the forlorn island. Holiday 28 (5), 149-151; 194; 195-197.

1964Where the bong tree grows; the log of one man's journey in the South Pacific. London: Collins.


United States, Congress
1937Wake Island, letter submitting report on preliminary examination and survey of Wake Island. Engineer Department of the War Department. 75th U.S.Congress, 1st session House Document No. 84 19pp.

1939An act to authorise the Secretary of the Navy to proceed with the construction of certain public works, and for other purposes. April 25, 1939. House Resolution 4278. In: United States Statutes at large containing the laws and concurrent resolutions enacted during the first session of the seventy-sixth congress of the United Atates of America 1939 treaties, international agreements other than treaties, proclamations, and reorganisation plans compiled, edited, indexed, and published by authority or law under the direction of the Secretary of State Volume 53 Part 1 Public laws and reorganization plans Washington: United States Government Printing Office Pp.590-592.

1942For relief of dependents of civilians who were engaged by civilian contractors on islands of Wake and Guam. House resolution 6638 [introduced by] Mr.Hinshaw [letter from Acting Secretary of Navy to Chairman of Committee of Naval Affairs concerning bill]. P. 3163 No. 224.

1943For relief of dependents of civilians who were engaged by civilian contractors on islands of Wake and Guam. House resolution 58 [introduced by] Mr.Hinshaw [letter from Acting Secretary of Navy to Chairman of Committee of Naval Affairs concerning bill]. P. 215 No. 32.

1943 For relief of dependents of civilians who were engaged by civilian contractors on islands of Wake and Guam. House resolution 58 [introduced by] Mr.Hinshaw [letter from Acting Secretary of Navy to Chairman of Committee of Naval Affairs concerning bill]. P. 215 No. 32.


United States, President
1941Executive Order No. 8682, establishing naval defensive sea areas around and naval airspace reservation over islands of Palmyra, Johnston, Midway, Wake and Kingman Reef, Pacific Ocean.February 14
1941U.S. Federal Register 6 (33), 1015.


Urwin, G.J.W
19@@The defenders of Wake Island: their two wars, 1941-1945. Ann Arbor: University Microfilm International.


Votaw, H.C
1941 Wake Island. U.S.Naval Institute Proceedings 67, 52-55.


Whitebait, W
1943Wake Island at the plaza.. New Statesman and Nation. 25 (620), 9 January 1943, 24.


Wilhelm,D
1942Glory at Wake. American Legion Magazine 32(4), 5-7; 38.


Wilhelm, D
1942What happened at Wake. Reader's Digest 40, 41-46.
Condensation of previous item.


Woodbury, D.O
1946Builders for battle. How the Pacific Naval Air Bases were constructed. New York.E.P.Dutton & Co.

Pan American Flying Boat Base on Wake



Anonymous
1935Wake Island to be made base for planes for proposed service across the Pacific. New York Times 24 January 1935.


Anonymous
1935Aviation may bring island popularity. Wake chosen as station for proposed trans-Pacific airroute. now a "speck". New York Times 10 February 1935. Section IX & X, Page 7.


Anonymous
1935 Navy to rule Pacific Islands. New York Times 20 January 1935, Page 2.


Anonymous
1936America emulates a Japanese example. China Weekly Review 78(12), 404-405.


Anonymous
1937Wake's anchor. Time 30, 38 (September 20, 1937).
The article discusses the PAA station on Wake Atoll and the history of an iron anchor found on the reef.


Anonymous
1939Diary of Destiny: Pacific moves by America in April 1939 .Pacific Islands Monthly Vol 9 (11). June 1939, Page 45.


Bryan, E.H. jr
1937High points on the clipper trip. Pan-Pacific Magazine 1(1), 37-43, Jan-March 1937.
General account of a trip with a Pan American Airways flying boat, including a short description of Wake Atoll.


Grooch, W.S
1936Skyway to Asia. New York: Longman & Green.
Account of the "North Haven" expedition of Pan American Airways, which established civilian air stations on Midway, Wake and Guam for use in the new trans-Pacific "clipper" air route.


Grooch, W.S
1938Winged Highway. New York: Longmans.
Abbreviated account of the "North Haven" expedition of Pan American Airways, which established civilian air stations on Midway, Wake and Guam for use in the new trans-Pacific "clipper" air route. set in the wider context of civil aviation.


Johnson, J.G
1935Wake Island is stirred to life. A visitor describes the coral atoll that will be a station for air travelers on their way across the Pacific Ocean. New York Times 12 May 1935, Section X, Page 17.


Kaucher, D. & W.Winter
1939Wake Island, America's mid-Pacific airport. Travel 72 (4) February 1939, 19-21;52-53.


Miller, W.B
1936Flying the Pacific. National Geographic Magazine 70(6), December 1936, 664-708.
Travel description of the inaugural flight with the Pan American Airways flying boat on its trans-Pacific Service. Contains descriptions of the individual air stations.


Murray, N
1936America bridges north Pacific; inauguration of `Frisco-China air mail is most marvellous development of 1936. Pacific Islands Monthly 6 (10), May 1936, Page 25-27.


Pan American Airways
1944Wake Island. New York: Pan American Airways. 5 numbers.


Pan American
1955Helpful information for clipper passengers arriving Wake Island. 1 September 1955. No place: Pan American, world's most experienced airline.
Pamphlet of general background information on natural history, geography and history of Wake Atoll.


Parr, Ch.M
1941Over and above our Pacific. New York:Whole World and Co.
Notes by a traveller stopping briefly at Wake during a trans-Pacific flight in 1940.


Wood, J.B
1935,Airways Pioneers find island is dry - Begin making stations for flights over Pacific- Vainly dig and blast wells on Wilkes. New York Times May 18, 1935, page 19.


Wood, J.B
1935Pacific Plane line to cost $ 4,000,000. New York Times June 30, 1935, page 5.




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