Hallowed Ground: Yuma-based Avengers' history reawakened on trip to Wake Island
January 28, 2009 — More than 67 years ago, the forebearers of one Yuma-based squadron faced impossible odds on this remote Pacific atoll as swells of Japanese troops dashed against the jagged coral beach. While the battle--a 20th century Thermopylae--ended in defeat, its gains included highly decorated heroes and a legacy few military units can reflect upon. Even for MORE
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