<page_title> Battle of Wake Island </page_title> <section_title> American forces </section_title> <table> <cell> 1st Defense Battalion Detachment, Wake – Major James P.S. Devreaux </cell> <cell> VMF-211 (Marine Corps Fighter Squadron) <col_header> 1st Defense Battalion Detachment, Wake – Major James P.S. Devreaux </col_header> <col_header> Unit </col_header> </cell> <cell> Maj. Paul A. Putnam <col_header> 1st Defense Battalion Detachment, Wake – Major James P.S. Devreaux </col_header> <col_header> Commander </col_header> </cell> <cell> Equipped with 12 Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat fighters <col_header> 1st Defense Battalion Detachment, Wake – Major James P.S. Devreaux </col_header> <col_header> Remarks </col_header> </cell> </table>
The defense battalion was supplemented by Marine Corps fighter plane squadron VMF-211, consisting of 12 F4F-3 Wildcat fighters, commanded by marine aviator Major Paul A. Putnam.