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Liberation Day on the U.S. territory of Guam is an annual commemoration of the invasion by U.S. military forces on July 21, 1944, which ended the Japanese occupation that had begun in 1941.
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 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.
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 statue on Guam, installed for the 50th anniversary of liberation in 1994, was the nation’s first official monument to war dogs, according to sculptor Susan Bahary.
Guam would almost certainly be a target in a war with China, which has missiles that can reach the island. ... China's People's Liberation Army Rocket Force boasts thousands of missiles, including ...
Guam is home to Andersen Air Force Base, whose runways can handle America's heaviest military aircraft, including nuclear-capable B-52 and B-2 bombers. ... and the People's Liberation Army has an ...
On December 8, 1941, hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Guam was captured by the Japanese, who occupied the island for two and a half years before American forces recaptured it on July 21, 1944, which is commemorated there as Liberation Day. [9] Since the 1960s, Guam's economy has been supported primarily by tourism and the U.S. military ...