Detectivery State of Mind and Other Strange Things (DetectiverySOM)
Welcome to the Detectivery State of Mind and Other Strange Things Podcast. I am your host Detective Chuck, I have worked in the law enforcement field for over 19 years. I will be joined by my co-hosts Detective Burke, with over 29 years in, and Sgt RJ with over 15 yrs. Your mind will be taken on a wacky journey into some quirky and bizarre tales. You will laugh, cry and have nightmares as we negotiate your brain into a peaceful submission. So join us as we put our decades of experience to the task to tackle topics from true crime, hilarious and gritty law enforcement stories, to some great adventures in history....and there is so much more. We consider ourselves as a gaggle of brilliant minds who display our knowledge in a fashion befitting that of a drunken sailor with a sober sidekick...
Detectivery State of Mind and Other Strange Things (DetectiverySOM)
Wake Island History, Mystery, and Tragedy!
For this episode, we are headed back to the Pacific Ocean one more time. We are jumping from Hawaii haunts, to a very small, very remote island in the South Pacific...plopped in the middle of nowhere!
Wake Island is filled with a lot of history, and mystery!
It was pivotal in WWII, was a crucial strategic location for both the US, and the Japanese militaries...like a revolving door! We will take a deep dive into the mystery and history of Wake Island, if you don't know anything about Wake Island, this is the episode for you, it is astonishing...history, mystery, and tragedy. For such a tiny place, to hold such a massive history!
So, grab your flip flops, an iced tea, lawn chair, headphones, and dive in as we take you on this crazy South Pacific journey...while you are at it, Google Wake Island, and zoom out...you will be shocked, it really is in the middle of nowhere, extremely remote. What happens on Wake Island, stays on Wake Island...you will figure out what we mean when you listen, you're going to learn today!!!
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Show Notes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Island
https://www.britannica.com/place/Wake-Island-Pacific-Ocean
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372021/
https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2001/february/massacre-wake-island
https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/124612/officials-search-for-powmias-on-wake-island/