Battle of Wake Island [SEP] end time
Battle of Wake Island
The Battle of Wake Island began simultaneously with the attack on Pearl Harbor naval and air bases in Hawaii and ended on 23 December 1941, with the surrender of the American forces to the Empire of Japan. It was fought on and around the atoll formed by Wake Island and its minor islets of Peale and Wilkes Islands by the air, land, and naval forces of the Japanese Empire against those of the United States, with Marines playing a prominent role on both sides.
The island was held
he led a regiment to Boston and fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill. In August 1776 Fellows commanded a brigade at the Battle of Long Island covering Washington's retreat after the loss.
Fellows commanded a regiment in the Massachusetts Militia at Roxbury, Massachusetts until the end of 1775. On June 25, 1776, he was appointed by the Massachusetts General Court to be brigadier general of the militia reinforcements which was being assembled to support the Continental Army at New York City.
On Sep 15, 1776 the British General