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Im Film wird dargestellt, dass die US-Soldaten und ihr Kommandeur den Kampf nicht überleben. In Wirklichkeit haben die US-Truppen unter Commander Winfield S. Cunningham nach der ersten Invasionswelle kapituliert. Wake Island gilt als einer der ersten US-Kriegsfilme über den Zweiten Weltkrieg mit Schlachtszenen.
Wake Island is a 1942 American action drama war film directed by John Farrow, written by W. R. Burnett and Frank Butler, and starring Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, Macdonald Carey, Albert Dekker, Barbara Britton, and William Bendix.
The heroic defense of Wake Island in December 1941 by some 385 US marines has not only been reproduced as a screen feature almost minutely faithful to the facts but without stooping to cheapness ...
Wake Island is een Amerikaanse oorlogsfilm uit 1942 onder regie van John Farrow. Destijds werd de film in Nederland uitgebracht onder de titel Heldenlegioen . [1]
Stream Wake Island, watch trailers, see the cast, and more at TV Guide. X. Join or Sign In. Sign in to customize your TV listings. ... 1942 - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Director - winner;
View our exhibit of Wake Island memorabilia and news accounts, see an authentic 48-star flag and a large Wake Island flag handcrafted for the documentary project by a Boise seamstress. THURSDAY, JUNE 7 5-9 P.M. (Doors open at 4 for Wake Survivors and their families) 404 S. 8th Street (8th Street Marketplace's Mercantile Building)
US Marines crew a 5-inch. .51-caliber naval gun installed at Parris Island, South Carolina, for training purposes. Castoffs that once served as the secondary batteries on US Navy cruisers and battleships, six of these obsolescent weapons belonged to the Wake Island Detachment’s three seacoast batteries—but they packed enough punch to rout a Japanese task force on December 11, 1941.
