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Wayman Stories

By Wayman L. McElhaney
Midway Island, 1951 – 1952
Wayman worked at the Midway Dry-cleaning Plant – PO2
Wayman loved living on Midway, in his little cabin near the sea
2/6/1927 – 9/4/2013 – RIP Wayman
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Midway In The News –

Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge: 'A Great Monument to the People Who Passed Here' - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)
April 20 2026
Maps of the Battle of Midway - Britannica
May 4 2026
Stream the Beautiful Highs and Violent Lows of Albatross Life With This New 24-Hour Camera on Midway Atoll - Smithsonian Magazine
December 12 2025
Wisdom, oldest bird, returns with mate to Midway Atoll! - EarthSky
November 30 2025
Midway Atoll receives translocated Laysan finches from Manawai after 80 years since rats erradicated them from Midway Atoll in the mid-1940s - Maui Now
July 24 2025
Midway Atoll project safeguards endangered finch species - Hawaii Public Radio
July 31 2025
7-Foot Tsunami Waves Strike Midway Atoll; Here’s the Video - SURFER Magazine
July 31 2025
Homecoming 8 decades in the making: Laysan finches again grace skies, fields of Midway Atoll - Kauai Now
July 27 2025
Riding a bike through the world’s largest albatross colony - Popular Science
July 25 2025
My Month at Midway Atoll - Island Conservation
December 18 2017
Coast Guard medevacs injured man from Midway Atoll - United States Coast Guard News (.mil)
December 12 2024
75 Years After the Battle of Midway, a Tour of the Midway Atoll - U.S. Government Accountability Office (.gov)
June 5 2017
Papahānaumokuākea Marine Debris Mission: Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) - NOAA Fisheries (.gov)
October 8 2021
Battle of Midway - The National WWII Museum | New Orleans
June 2 2021
Mady Brock swimming at Midway Atoll NWR - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)
August 4 2025
Leaving on a Jet Plane: Marine Debris Removal at Midway Atoll Comes to an End - NOAA Fisheries (.gov)
October 29 2018
Midway Atoll's Seabird Protection Project - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)
August 8 2023
The Midway Atoll You Might Not Know - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)
March 2 2022
Aerial photograph of Midway Atoll, March 2017 - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)
April 15 2022
Wisdom, the World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird, Returns to Midway Atoll - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)
December 9 2022
Midway Atoll's History and Habitat - U.S. Government Accountability Office (.gov)
February 22 2020
Coast Guard medevacs ailing man from Midway Atoll - United States Coast Guard News (.mil)
November 17 2024
Midway Atoll NWR Aerial View - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)
February 7 2024
Exploring the History of Midway Atoll - Island Conservation
August 6 2019
The Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge sign - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)
January 1 2024
Murderous mice attack and kill nesting albatrosses on Midway Atoll − scientists struggle to stop this gruesome new behavior - The Conversation
February 20 2024
Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge | News - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)
March 7 2022
Walking Among Seabirds and Historic Buildings on Midway Atoll - Island Conservation
September 30 2019
Midway Marine Debris: Finding our Land Legs - NOAA Fisheries (.gov)
October 23 2018
Plastic island: How our trash is destroying paradise - CNN
April 20 2017
Among winged-sacred beings in Kuaihelani - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)
September 25 2024
Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge and Battle of Midway National Memorial - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)
April 8 2023
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