The Americans also lost 36 ships. 368 ships were also damaged. 763 aircraft were destroyed. The Japanese lost 16 ships sunk and over 4,000 aircraft were lost.
Wake was not recaptured by American forces during the war. Air raids on Wake occurred throughout the war. The U.S. recovered Wake Island after the Japanese surrender in 1945.
Approximately 55,000 of over 75,000 prisoners reached Camp O'Donnell. That equates to ~20,000 prisoners murdered or missing along the way and that doesn't even begin to tell the atrocities they were about to encounter...........
For the survivors it was the beginning of a four year struggle to survive Japanese captivity after being placed in Japanese forced labor camps in China. Less than 2,000 Americans survived the "forced labor" camps.
MARIANAS ISLAND -- Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay" landing after the atomic bombing mission on Hiroshima, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo)
