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Map of the Battle of Guam, 1944, during the Pacific Campaign. Date: 21 March 2012, 21:32 (UTC) Source: This file was derived from: Battle of Guam map.jpg: Author: Battle_of_Guam_map.jpg: Us Military; derivative work: Grandiose
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.
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Northwest Field (NWF; historically Northwest Guam Air Force Base) [1] is a military airfield on the West Pacific island of Guam.Originally built during World War II, Northwest Field was closed as an airfield in 1949 but has been used for other military activity since, including housing a satellite tracking station, air defenses, and being used for training.
It is located largely along Guam Highway 6, known as Halsey Drive as it passes through the CDP. It is bounded to the north by the Asan Inland Unit of War in the Pacific National Historical Park , to the northeast by Asan's Maina community in the Fonte River valley, to the west by the adjacent Nimitz Hill CDP across the village boundary in Piti ...
The Mataguac Hill Command Post, near Yigo, Guam, has significance from 1944 during the Battle of Guam. It was the location of "the last organized resistance by the Japanese to the American liberation of Guam during World War II and therefore is considered a highlight of the invasion of Guam." [2]: 3
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.