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 ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on July 21, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. World War II had dragged on for five years when U.S.

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 ...

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 ...

On Aug. 6, 1944, military doctors with the help of CHamoru nurses were caring for hundreds of sick and injured civilians in makeshift facilities on the island. “Medical personnel for handling the ...

Dana Williams, Pacific Daily News Jul 20, 2020 Jul 20, 2020 0 Editor's Note: Marked with celebrations and solemn memorials, the annual Liberation Day commemoration has been enjoyed by generations of ...

On Aug. 8, 1944, a CHamoru military organization previously known as the Insular Patrol Force was re-established as the Local Security Patrol Force. The establishment of the group, which would later ...

Guam has been an American territory since the United States took it from Spain in 1898, with only one interruption -- the brutal three-year occupation by the Japanese Empire during World War II.

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 ...