A TBD-1 Devastator bomber flew over Wake Island during the American attack of 24 Feb 1942; note thick smoke in lower center

Caption     A TBD-1 Devastator bomber flew over Wake Island during the American attack of 24 Feb 1942; note thick smoke in lower center ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives
Identification Code   80-CF-1071-1
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Photo Size 740 x 585 pixels
Added By C. Peter Chen
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1. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
20 Nov 2010 10:26:31 AM

TBD-1 from the USS Enterprise over Wake Is.
February 1942.

Made a fuel stop at Wake Island in 1967 on
the way to South Vietnam. There is a Memorial dedicated to the defenders of Wake
Island.
2. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
21 Nov 2010 01:43:29 PM

Made an error it wasn't Wake Is. made a fuel
stop was at Midway Island. There is a
Memorial dedicated to the defenders of the
island against the Japanese during WWII.

During the Vietnam War thousands of US Troops
stopped at Midway for fuel and emergency repairs.
This was over Forty years ago, when I was
younger, much younger.

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