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The Battle of Guam (21 July – 10 August 1944) was the American recapture of the Japanese-held island of Guam, a U.S. territory in the Mariana Islands captured by the Japanese from the United States in the First Battle of Guam in 1941 during the Pacific campaign of World War II. The battle was a critical component of Operation Forager.
Marines wading ashore at Guam. Interior of Japanese concrete pillbox on Guam. Marines with war dogs. Marine M-4 Sherman tanks burn after being struck by Japanese anti-tank gun fire near the village of Yigo. Marines on Guam using flamethrower. Japanese 75mm anti-aircraft gun. The village of Hagåtña, Guam after more than a month of bombardment.jpg.
The Battle of Guam was an engagement during the Pacific War in World War II, and took place from 8 December to 10 December 1941 on Guam in the Mariana Islands between Japan and the United States. The American garrison was defeated by Japanese forces on 10 December, which resulted in an occupation until the Second Battle of Guam in 1944.
Louis Hugh Wilson Jr. (February 11, 1920 – June 21, 2005) was a United States Marine Corps four-star general and a World War II recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Guam. He served as the 26th commandant of the Marine Corps from 1975 until his retirement from the Marine Corps in 1979, after 38 years of service.
The Battle of Guam in 1941 was an engagement during the Pacific War in World War II that took place on December 8, 1941, on Guam in the Mariana Islands between the Japanese and Allied forces. During the battle, the USS Penguin (AM-33) was scuttled after shooting down a Japanese plane.
Guam's two largest pre-war communities (Sumay and Hagåtña) were virtually destroyed during the 1944 battle. Many Chamoru families lived in temporary re-settlement camps near the beaches before moving to permanent homes constructed in the island's outer villages. Guam's southern villages largely escaped damage, however.
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee —Best known for its Civil War sites and proximity to the Great Smoky Mountains, the city of Knoxville also has a monument to dogs killed in the 1944 Battle of Guam.
While serving with his platoon in 1944 in Guam and the Philippines, he was awarded two Bronze Star Medals with a "V" device, [13] for exceptional valor in aiding wounded soldiers under fire. During the Battle of Okinawa , he saved the lives of 50–100 wounded infantrymen atop the area known by the 96th Division as the Maeda Escarpment or ...