Image: Commander Taussig of the USS Bennington claims Wake Island for the United States of America

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Description: Commander E. D. Taussig of the gunboat Bennington, having called all present to witness that Uncle Sam took possession of Wake Island, ordered Old Glory to be hoisted by Ensign Wettengel
Title: Commander Taussig of the USS Bennington claims Wake Island for the United States of America
Credit: "How Old Glory was Raised on Wake Island", Los Angeles Herald, May 14, 1899, page 14
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