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Island-hopping: Wake Atoll

Just to the west of the International Date Line is Wake Island, an American territory about 2,400 miles west of Hawaii, where the first rays of sun shine on U.S. soil. Conor Knighton visits the Pacific atoll where America's day begins.
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