Originally Posted by R Leonard

Whilst I vote for Wake Island, an the fact is that Wake, Luzon, and Guam for that matter, are all west of the international date line. At 0001 22 Dec 41 on Wake, it was 2001 21 Dec 41 at Lingayen Gulf, so at 0800 22 Dec 41 at Lingayen Gulf, it was 1200 22 Dec 41 at Wake. Dawn on 23 Dec at Wake was at about 0700, it was 0300 23 Dec at Lingayen and the Japanese had been ashore for slightly less than a day.

Of course, the action along the Laylac line, as described in the link, occurred on 6 Jan 42, long after the dust had settled on Wake.

Rich