Beginner Gardening: Wake Island in Pictures, 0 by OutsidePlaying

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Wake Island was eventually occupied by the Japanese during WW-II. There were 98 civilian contract workers there who were captured as POWs, worked hard, and eventually shot or hanged when food ran short and the Japanese were losing support. The '98 Rock' shows one of those who attempted to memorialize their situation. This is now a well-marked memorial on the island and all the POW names are on a bronze plaque near this rock.