Wake Island Wildcat tells the story of "Hammerin' Hank," Henry Elrod, the fighter pilot who was the linchpin of the defense of Wake Island, attacked by the Japanese on the same day as Pearl Harbor. This is not only the story of the battle for Wake Island, but also the story of a Marine fighter pilot at war, told with drama and verve.
Wake Island Wildcat tells the story of "Hammerin' Hank," Henry Elrod, the fighter pilot who was the linchpin of the defense of Wake Island, attacked by the Japanese on the same day as Pearl Harbor. This is not only the story of the battle for Wake Island, but also the story of a Marine fighter pilot at war, told with drama and verve.
Historian and poet William L. Ramsey is a Professor of History at Lander University in Greenwood, South Carolina. He received his Ph.D. from Tulane University in 1998 and has taught at Tulane, SUNY-Oswego, the University of Idaho, and Lander University. While in Idaho, he received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Service Award in 2005 from the University of Idaho and Washington State University, acting jointly, for public activism in defense of civil rights and racial tolerance, and he was awarded the Outstanding Faculty Award in 2007 by the Student Association of the University. His historical articles have appeared in The Journal of American History, Georgia Historical Quarterly, and The South Carolina Historical Magazine. His first book, The Yamasee War: A Study of Culture, Economy, and Conflict in the Colonial South, received the 2008 George C. Rogers, Jr., book award for best book of South Carolina History, sponsored by the South Carolina Historical Society. He lives in Greenwood, South Carolina.
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