On December 11, 1941, just days after Pearl Harbor, two Marine Corps F4F Wildcat pilots found themselves as the last line of ...

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.

There is a certain feeling of solemnity that occurs for a Marine, Mahoney explained, “when you stand on the south beach of Wake Island and look south at the expanse of the Pacific,” and ...