Ebook: 'A Magnificent Fight'': Battle for Wake Island

This book recounts how the Wake Island garrison survived nearly daily bombings and repulsed the first Japanese attempt to take the atoll. The author uses extensive Japanese materials--many never before used or available-- to identify the enemy order of battle and the roles each unit played in the drama.;Preface; Acknowledgments; Special Notes; 1. A Land Reserved to Those Who Fly -- 2. An Uninviting Low-Lying Atoll -- 3. Like the Fatted Calf -- 4. I'll See That You Get a Medal as Big as a Pie -- 5. Humbled by Sizeable Casualties -- 6. Still No Help -- 7. Very Secret to Everyone Except the Japs -- 8. This Is as Far as We Go -- 9. A Difficult Thing To Do -- Appendix One: The Cunningham-Devereux Controversy; Appendix Two: Decorations for Valor Awarded to Wake Defenders; Appendix Three: Wake Island's Wildcats; Appendix Four: Wake Island, the Movie; Notes; Bibliography.