[mick]

I forgot to mention that my father and his Marine Corps always told me when I was a kid that the last radio message out of Wake in response to a question from the Navy asking what did the marines want was “Send us more Japs” !! Probably apocryphal but it was a great story to tell a kid.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

I forgot to mention that my father and his Marine Corps always told me when I was a kid that the last radio message out of Wake in response to a question from the Navy asking what did the marines want was “Send us more Japs” !! Probably apocryphal but it was a great story to tell a kid.

The Times actually ran that story in the Dec. 17 issue (see the last item on the last page of that post). Here is the entire article:

'Send Us Some More Japs,' Wake Marines Ask Navy

By The Associated Press.
HONOLULU, Dec. 16-Take it for what it's worth, but this is the story circulating in Honolulu:

When Navy officials established contact with the marine garrison defending tiny Wake Island, they asked, "Is there anything you want?"

"Yes," came the reply, "send us some more Japs."