I remember landing on Wake in `70.
Out the window it looked like a runway
surrounded by water.
You could see masts from ships sticking up in the water.
Michelle Obama was on board, she said great I will take a taxi home.
We landed at Wake on a C5A Galaxy. I saw water thinking we going into the drink. Then all of a sudden the runway appeared. When we were taking off I swear the wings were flapping as the big bird sped down the runway. Then the pilot stomped the brakes. I KNEW we were going in that time. But he got it stopped. A light had indicated a door was open.
We island hopped all the way across the Pacific. We also landed at Guam. We skipped Okinawa. Ah, those were the days.