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Wake Island finds

Article about: Nice historical pieces. I used to do a lot of scuba diving but never found anything quite so interesting. Best item was a round bottomed bottle of COREYS root beer from Ireland by the dock a

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    Back in 2005, I was flying cargo runs as a C130 pilot for the US Air Force Reserve from HI to Wake Island. We would arrive about noon and have the rest of the day to explore. While snorkling near the suken stone bridge I found the items in the pictures. Any info about them would be great. I know the plates are Pan American, but thats it.
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    Are they 50cal in the back there? They will have a date! Did they come from the same place?

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    50 Cal casings I picked up off the beach. There was lots of them on the beach as well as the bottom of the lagoon. The markings are SL 42, any ideas Also, I picked up this wood piece from an American made bunker. I'm thinking it was used to hold 5 inch shells or somthing. I will post pictures from my trip when I find the disc.
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    Here's some more pics
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    The plates look like Pan American Airlines. They used to use Wake island as a refueling point for their flying boats. They used to call them Clippers. This was before the war.

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    yes the foundation of the PAN AM hotel is still there along with docks

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    Nice finds! All I got was a Wake Island Motorcycle Club t-shirt and a few Zippos.Rich A. in Pa.
    1969 Shelby GT-500 King of the Road
    Knowledge is power, guard it well.

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    Like the plates very unusual, in fact I really like them!

    The marking on the casing is SL for is the St Louis Ordnance Plant and 42 the date obviously 1942 in this case

    Steve

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    These are all great pieces - I like them also.
    Regards,


    Steve.

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    I really like the plates and the coke bottle. Flying was high class stuff back then.

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