The Real Wake Island: 'The Alamo of the Pacific'

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(this was taken from the British who stole other ppl's countries with the use of flags)

Is that Eddie Izzard that I detect?

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Ok, what i REALLY REALLY wanna know is......

WHO IS THE ******* STANDING THERE SMILING AT THE LOCATION WHERE 98 CAPTURED AMERICAN CONTRACT WORKERS WERE EXECUTED?

That smile...i just wanna slap the hell out of him....

He's smiling cuz there ain't no Japanese there ya friggin moron...

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the school buses are to trasport whole squadrons from the terminal to billiting and back when they have to stop and lay over. The island is the halfway point when units deploy to japan for UDP. The island as far as I know is off limits to civillians, unless something changed since I was there last.

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Why does wake island need school buses? and why do they have a welcome sign on the road to people drive to wake island?

the school buses are to cart the ppl around (not kids)

and the welcome sign i put down to the usual american way of sticking signs and/or flags in things they claim...

(this was taken from the British who stole other ppl's countries with the use of flags)

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read above

already been answered

lol, never saw a 2nd page

[DesertFalcon]

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Why does wake island need school buses? and why do they have a welcome sign on the road to people drive to wake island?

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I'm happy someone else posted this.. I posted the same thing (did you know wake island was real) on this very forum a few months back...

...and countless people ripped the sh*t out of me for not knowing that wake island was "sacred" to the American ppl..

Thank you for highlighting it again and making me realise that I'm not a complete ***-clown for not being aware of all elements of history..

[zuiquan1]

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c-130?

read above

already been answered

[imported_Rafterman]

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FH did a pretty good upgrade of the Wake map for their version. They were limited to the original layout, but did a lot with bunkers and foliage removal.

I've been fascinated by the battle since reading the book in high school and have probably re-read it about 10 times since.

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Neat post.

For those who may be curious, that prop job is a C-2A, probably delivering mail to/from a carrier.

edit. second look...no it's not. help me out...osprey? no. too many blades.

edit 2: upside-down AWACS? nope. e2's fuselage and cockpit would be visible...

edit 3: arghh. somebody?

c-130?

[EyeofG]

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The island looks amazing, I want to visit!

Me, too
I would be like "Where's the J-10s?" ROFL JK

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The island looks amazing, I want to visit!

[EyeofG]

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I liked the Wake Island from BF1942, It looks more real-to-life to the real Wake Island
I don't like the Wake Island in BF2 that much
I will play it, but it's a pain

[zuiquan1]

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thanks! now i can sleep again. i really thought a c-130 would have a visible fuselage and cockpit in any shot fully showing both props.

yeah thats definently a 130, you can tell by the engines

beautiful plane aint she

The prop plane is a C-130, though it is sort of taken at a deceiving angle.

Nah, it can take steeper angles than that!

Built like a rock

[megawhompertoo]

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The prop plane is a C-130, though it is sort of taken at a deceiving angle.

thanks! now i can sleep again. i really thought a c-130 would have a visible fuselage and cockpit in any shot fully showing both props.