Wake Island: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: Central Intelligence Agency - The World Factbook - Wake Island. Jul 14, 2026
Add new Web site: Naval History and Heritage Command - Wake Island (CVE-65). Dec 05, 2025
Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at University of Nebraska - Lincoln - The Wake Island Rodent Eradication: Part Success, Part Failure, but Wholly Instructive. Mar 14, 2025
Add new Web site: U.S. Naval Institute - Wake Island. Feb 01, 2025
Add new Web site: Pan Am Historical Foundation - Chronicling Wake Island - A Brief History. Mar 01, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Wake Island; the Alamo of the Pacific. Jan 16, 2024
Add new Web site: Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System - Wake Island. Sep 29, 2023
Map added. May 01, 2023
Add new Web site: U.S. Department of the Interior - Wake Atoll. Apr 15, 2023
Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - Wake Island: Japan's First Setback. Mar 02, 2023
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Wake Island. Oct 14, 2022
Add new Web site: NASA Earth Observatory - Wake Island, Pacific Ocean. May 07, 2022
Add new Web site: CRW Flags - Flag of Wake Island (U.S. Minor Outlying Islands). Mar 01, 2019
Corrected display issue. Jan 15, 2018
Changed "supertyphoon" to "super typhoon." Nov 26, 2013
Updated to mention its designation as a U.S. national monument. Jan 15, 2009
Added new Web site: Central Intelligence Agency - The World Factbook - Wake Island. Jul 26, 2006
Population data updated. Jul 13, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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