The front page of the Deseret News on July 21, 1944, as the invasion of Guam began in the final year of World War II. World ...
Many silver stars and bronze stars with valor were also earned on Guam and, notably, Guam Combat Patrol member John Aguon ...
No CHamorus were liberated on Liberation Day. However, many Imperial Japanese soldiers were liberated by death. According to their bushido code — “Death before Dishonor” — the Japanese soldiers were ...
Command Sgt. Maj. honors father in Guam as 75th Anniversary "Liberation of Guam, 1944" The Mariana I
For Command Sgt. Maj. Patrick McDonald of the 322nd Civil Affairs Brigade based out of Fort Shafter Flats, Honolulu, Hawaii, a routine training mission in Guam is more than just training, it is a ...
Return to Guam is a 1944 short propaganda film produced by the US Navy about the taking and recapture of the island of Guam. The film starts when a convoy of ships nearing the island sees strange ...
When Raymond Faulkner stepped foot on Guam in July 1944, mortar shells were going off and there was a lot of commotion. "With all of those U.S. Marines out there fighting, I had to get past those to ...
Before the sun rose on the morning of Friday, July 21, 1944, massive shelling of the island began. Hundreds of airplanes dropped 124 tons of bombs along the 14-mile stretch of Guam from Hagåtña to ...
At 11:31 a.m. on Aug. 10, 1944, Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Roy Geiger announced that all organized enemy resistance had ended. The Battle of Guam was officially over. The flagship USS Indianapolis arrived ...
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