I have been very lucky to have spent time over multiplenTrans-Pacs at Wake Island. From the ruins of the old Pan-Am base, to POW Rock, to the slwoly rusting guns the Japanese emplaced and the un-used housing from it's heyday as a main USAF base, it is a place for quiet contemplation. The main terminal building now houses an excellent small museum that gives the stop-over visitor a good sense of the epic heroism that imbued this small ring of islands with it's aura. I long to return some day, stay a week and walk it's shores once more.