For further edification, âGOOGLEâ The Wake Island 98â. My father, Archie Hays Pratt, was a Civilian Employee on Wake Island. He and 97 other civilians were Murdered en masse by the Japanese Commander after they had endured 3 years of captivity. They were buried in a mass grave and after the war were disinterred and buried, with honors at the National Cemetery in Honolulu. The Commanders weapon of choice was Machine guns and bound Prisoners.
Even as he was about to be hung the POS commander didn't think he did anything wrong.