Page 6, Photos by Chuck Miller 1967/68

Left - Wake Island. Just a tiny atoll in the middle of the Pacific. The Runway covered about 10% of the realestate. Right - Turning base leg to final at Wake.

Left - One of many WWII monuments on Wake, now mainly a stepping stone for aircraft and a communications base base in the mid-Pacific. - - Right - Wake's O'Club and main beach on a tidal cove.

Left - One of many WWII bunkers and other remnants still visible on Wake Island. Right - A new bridge built over bombed out old bridge pilings leading to the WWII fortifications facing the coral reef and approach from the west.

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