IL-2 1946 The Last Days on Wake Island by Danny Sinclair
| Produced By: | Danny Sinclair |
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| Release Date: | July 2011 | Movie Image: |
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| Movie Website: | IL-2 1946 The Last Days on Wake Island | |
| Movie Download Link: | Download IL-2 1946 The Last Days on Wake Island | |
| Movie Length: | 7 mins 30 secs | |
| Game Engine Used: | 1C Maddox - IL2 Forgotten Battles |
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Captain Henry T. Elrod destroyed two enemy airplanes in a vicious
fight over the island and became the first man to sink a warship,
the Japanese destroyer Kisaragi, with small caliber bombs delivered
from a fighter aircraft.
On November 8, 1946, his widow was presented with the Medal of Honor,
posthumously awarded to her husband for hisheroic actions during the
last bitter days of the defense of Wake.
Major Elrod was initially buried on Wake Island, but was reinterred
in Arlington National Cemetery, Fort Myer, Virginia, in October 1947.
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