File:Aerial photograph of Wake Island on 25 May 1941.jpg

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English: Aerial photograph of Wake Island taken from a Consolidated PBY patrol plane on 25 May 1941, looking west along the northern side of Wake, with Peale Island in the center and right middle distance and Wilkes Island in the left distance. The views shows civilian Camp Number Two on Wake, the bridge connecting Wake and Peale islands, the Pan American Airways facility on Peale Boeing "Clipper" is docked at the pier and seven PBYs moored to bouys in the lagoon off Peale.
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Source U.S. Navy, post-work (WT-en) TVerBeek at English Wikivoyage
Author (WT-en) TVerBeek at English Wikivoyage. Recoloured version of official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-411160 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
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  • 2006-04-26 15:49 (WT-en) TVerBeek 739×486 (155088 bytes) colorized (Import from wikitravel.org/en)
  • 2006-04-26 13:44 (WT-en) TVerBeek 739×486 (103061 bytes) Wake Island and Peale Island, taken from the Northeast in May 1941. Taken from the National Archives of the U.S.; public domain (Import from wikitravel.org/en)

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