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Japanese Wake Island Memorial

This memorial commemorates the 1.554 Japanese soldiers who died on Wake Island between 1941 and 1945. The inscription on the memorial stone reads:

"MAY THE SOULS OF THE WAR DEAD REPOSE IN PEACE"

and

"MAY PEACE PREVAIL ON THE WATERS OF THE PACIFIC FOREVER"

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