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On Dec. 4, 1941, 12 Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat fighters from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise arrived to form Wake’s Marine Fighter Squadron VMF-211 commanded by Major Paul Putnam, but four days later, before fighter revetments could be built, the Japanese attacked knocking out most of the parked fighters.