tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">Transcriber’s Notes

A Magnificent
Fight:
Marines in the
Battle For
Wake Island

Marines in World War II
Commemorative Series

By Robert J. Cressman

In 1945, RAdm Shigematsu Sakaibara, back to camera at right, surrenders his garrison to returning Americans. (Department of Defense [USMC] Photo 133686)

Col Walter L. J. Bayler, reputedly “the last Marine off Wake” in December 1941, is the first to set foot on the island in 1945. (Department of Defense [USMC] Photo 133688)