1941
Commander of US Forces on Wake Island
Appointed Commander of US forces on Wake Island
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Wake Island in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Appointed Commander of US forces on Wake Island
Appointed Commander of US forces on Wake Island
The 1st & last meeting between Truman & MacArthur, fails to produce agreement. President Truman & General MacArthur confer at Wake Island on the course of the war. MacArthur underplays the dangers of Russian & Chinese involvement in the war
Truman tells MacArthur the Chinese & Russians must not be involved in the war. The 1st & last meeting between Truman & MacArthur, fails to produce agreement. President Truman & General MacArthur confer at Wake Island on the course of the war
Provenance
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