"Arthur Foss" was ultimately the last vessel to escape Wake before Japanese forces captured the island on 23 December 1941, after a prolonged and bloody siege. After "Arthur Foss" departure, only a few flights of Pan Am flying boats carrying employees and some civilian contractors were able to escape. The crew of "Justine Foss", which unlike "Arthur Foss" had remained to refuel, was captured and used as forced labor. "Justine Foss" itself was scuttled by the Japanese. All members of the crew except Thea Foss's grandson Drew (who had been removed to a prisoner of war camp in Burma) were executed along with all the remaining captives in 1943.