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BUNKERS, TUNNELS, DITCHES, AND RUNWAYS.  UNFORTUNATELY, ALL 98 CONTRACTORS
LOST THEIR LIVES ON OCTOBER 7, 1943.  THE FAMOUS POW ROCK SEE FIGURE 2, A 4
FOOT HIGH PIECE OF CORAL THAT SITS AT THE EDGE OF THE LAGOON, FEATURES AN
INSCRIPTION CARVED BY ONE OF THE 98.  THIS UNKNOWN POW ESCAPED THE CAMP
LONG ENOUGH TO CARVE 98 US P. W. 5 10 43 INTO THE ROCK BEFORE BEING
CAPTURED ONCE AGAIN.  WITH THE END OF THE WAR, WAKE ISLAND RETURNED TO US
CONTROL.  IN 1966, A MARINE MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED TO HONOR THOSE LOST IN
THAT DECEMBER 1941 BATTLE OF WAKE ISLAND SEE FIGURE 3.  WAKE WAS DESIGNATED
A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK IN 1985.  GETTING APPROVAL THE IDEA FOR THIS
DXPEDITION BEGAN WHEN TEAM LEADER LOU DIETRICH, N2TU, SAW A WAKE ISLAND
DOCUMENTARY ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL THAT SUMMARIZED THE FATE OF THE
FORGOTTEN 98.  LOUS GOAL WAS TO USE THE DXPEDITION TO COMMEMORATE THE
SACRIFICES OF THESE MEN ON THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR DEATH, OCTOBER 7,
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