172: DoD fortifies Wake Island to defend the Pacific from the PLA Navy. Tyler Rogoway @theWarZone @TheDrive.
Image Commander E. D. Taussig, USN, of the gunboat USS Bennington (PG-4), having called all present to witness that Uncle Sam took possession of Wake Island, ordered Old Glory to be hoisted by Ensign Wettengel Date | 14 May 1899 Source | "How Old Glory was Raised on Wake Island", Los Angeles Herald, May 14, 1899, page 14 Author | Unknown author DoD fortifies Wake Island to defend the Pacific from the PLA Navy. Tyler Rogoway @theWarZone @TheDrive. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/34404/big-airfield-expansion-on-wake-island-seen-by-satellite-as-u-s-preps-for-pacific-fight