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The film tells the story of the United States military garrison on Wake Island and the onslaught by the Japanese following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Wake Island was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Outstanding Motion Picture.
Wake Island: Directed by John Farrow. With Brian Donlevy, Macdonald Carey, Robert Preston, William Bendix. December, 1941. With no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.
Wake Island was the first WWII movie to be based on an actual battle - one which America lost. Wake Island was being used by the U.S. as a refueling station, and after being bombed, Japanese battleships and Marines soon arrived.
Dec 11, 2022 · 141K subscribers. Subscribed. 4.6K. 340K views 1 year ago. It's a story of survival on a desert island--and it helped change the course of WWII! Within hours of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor,...
Oct 13, 2014 · 47K views 9 years ago. Wake Island Trailer 1942 Director: John Farrow Starring: Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, William Bendix, MacDonald Carey, Albert Dekker, ...more.
Mar 28, 2008 · 125. 46K views 15 years ago. This fact-based WW 2 drama earned several Oscar nominations, but took home only one--best director. This is the story of a small group of US Marines and civilian...
Albert Dekker. Shad McClosky. Watchlist. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. In the weeks before the Pearl Harbor attack, the Marines stationed on Wake Island have grown accustomed...
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