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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. Begun in 1945, it is Guam's largest celebration.
A soldier of the Guam Army National Guard attaches a miniature Guam flag to his carry-on bag The commander of Submarine Squadron 15 at Naval Base Guam on a float in the 2019 Liberation Day parade Small U.S. and Guam flags at the Asan unit of War in the Pacific National Historical Park on Memorial Day
1 January - New Year's Day; 15 January - Martin Luther King Jr. Day; 19 February – Presidents' Day; 7 March - History of Guam and Chamorro people; 26 May - Memorial Day; 19 June – Juneteenth; 4 July - Independence Day; 21 July - Liberation Day; 1 September - Labor Day; 2 November – All Souls' Day; 11 November - Veterans Day; 27 November ...
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.
During the Japanese Occupation of Guam in World War II, Fena became the site of one of the island’s most tragic events: the Fena Massacre. 30 young men and women were abused and killed in nearby caves, an event that is commemorated during Guam’s Liberation Day.
On July 21, 1944, also known as Liberation Day, American forces declared the island secure from the Japanese Army. The construction was started by the Navy's Lion Six. [ 2 ] Seabees from the 5th Naval Construction Brigade built the base on the site of the destroyed US Marine Corps barracks in Sumay , Apra Harbor.
This is a list of the buildings, sites, districts, and objects listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Guam. There are currently 134 listed sites spread across 17 of the 19 villages of Guam .
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