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English: The "98 Rock" is a memorial for the 98 U.S. civilian contract POWs who were forced by their Japanese captors to rebuild the airstrip as slave labor, then were blind-folded and killed by machine gun Oct. 5, 1943. An unidentified prisoner escaped, and chiseled "98 US PW 5-10-43" ("98 US Prisoners of War 5 October 1943") on a large coral rock near their mass grave, on Wilkes Island at the edge of the lagoon. The prisoner was recaptured and beheaded by the Japanese admiral, who was later convicted and executed for war crimes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)
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Source https://media.defense.gov/2008/Jan/16/2000412578/-1/-1/0/080112-F-2034C-203.JPG
Author U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo
Camera location19° 17′ 29.86″ N, 166° 36′ 54.57″ E  Heading=10° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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current02:28, 7 February 2008Thumbnail for version as of 02:28, 7 February 20083,000 × 1,959 (1.41 MB)Cornellrockey04 (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=Servicemembers search for POW/MIAs on Wake Island A memorial to prisoners of war is seen Jan. 12 on Wake Island. The "98 Rock" is a memorial for the 98 U.S. civilian contract POWs who were forced by their Japanese captors to reb

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