In a three year occupation, the Japanese killed almost 1/2 of the population of Guam.
There was a huge battle to retake the island starting July 21, 1944. There were over 10,000 killed and wounded in the battle on the US side which landed nearly 60,000 troops to retake the island.
Guamians are Americans too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Guam_(1944)
Tweed’s cave-been there-also japs came out of the jungles for years after the war was over
My dad (RIP) fought in Guam during the war. It was brutal.
Planting the flag on Guam under battlefield conditions:
Ground squirrels in the foreground:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:First_flag_on_Guam_-_1944.jpg
