A History of Guam

A History of Guam PDF Author: Lawrence J. Cunningham
Publisher: Bess Press
ISBN: 9781573060684
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Book Description
Covers the lives and legends of the first people of Guam and traces the island's development into present day. Illustrations, glossary, index. RL4

Destiny's Landfall

Destiny's Landfall PDF Author: Robert F. Rogers
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824833341
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 409

Book Description
This revised edition of the standard history of Guam is intended for general readers and students of the history, politics, and government of the Pacific region. Its narrative spans more than 450 years, beginning with the initial written records of Guam by members of Magellan 1521 expedition and concluding with the impact of the recent global recession on Guam’s fragile economy.

Guam

Guam PDF Author: Lawrence J. Cunningham
Publisher: Bess Press
ISBN: 9781573060677
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
A thorough introduction to the land, resources, and communities of Guam and Micronesia. Glossary, index. RL3

Coral Reef Bibliography of Guam, 1993-2004

Coral Reef Bibliography of Guam, 1993-2004 PDF Author: Roy T. Tsuda
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coral reef biology
Languages : en
Pages : 80

Book Description


Marine Resources Bibliography of Guam

Marine Resources Bibliography of Guam PDF Author: Masanami Izumi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fisheries
Languages : en
Pages : 206

Book Description


Guam, a Selective Bibliography of Guam and Its Area

Guam, a Selective Bibliography of Guam and Its Area PDF Author: Vickey Corey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Guam
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description


Guam 1941 & 1944

Guam 1941 & 1944 PDF Author: Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472800117
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
Gordon Rottman details the bitter 26-day struggle for this key Pacific island during World War II. The island of Guam was the first Allied territory lost to the Japanese onslaught in 1941. On 10 December 5,000 Japanese troops landed on Guam, defended by less than 500 US and Guamanian troops, the outcome was beyond doubt. On 21 July 1944 America returned. In a risky operation, the two US landing forces came ashore seven miles apart and it was a week before the beachheads linked up. Only the battles for Iwo Jima and Okinawa would cost the Americans more men than the landings on Guam and Saipan, which immediately preceded the Guam operation.

Bibliography of the Island of Guam

Bibliography of the Island of Guam PDF Author: Charles Frederick Reid
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Guam
Languages : en
Pages : 118

Book Description


Captured

Captured PDF Author: Roger Mansell
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612511236
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
In the years before the outbreak of the war in the Pacific, Guam was a paradise for the Navy, Marine and civilian employees of Pan American Airways, who found themselves stationed on the island. However their apprehension about the fate of the island increased as they anticipated a Japanese attack in the fall of 1941. Shortly after attack on Pearl Harbor, Guam was bombed and the Japanese invasion soon followed. Since Guam was not heavily fortified it soon fell to the invading Japanese. In the takeover of the island, the Japanese practiced a swift brutality against the captive Americans as well as native population, and then immediately removed the American military and civilian personnel to Japan. Only a lucky few escaped, including five Navy nurses and dependent Ruby Hellmers and her baby Charlene, who were transported back to America aboard the Swedish ship Gripsholm in mid-1942. In Captured, Mansell tells the story of the captives from Guam, whose story until now has largely been forgotten. Drawing upon interviews with survivors, diaries and archival records, Mansell documents the movements of American military and civilian men as they went from one Japanese POW camp to another, slowly starving as they performed slave labor for Japanese companies. Meanwhile, he describes the brutal horrors suffered by Guamian natives during Japan’s occupation of the island, especially as the Japanese prepared for American forces to re-take this U.S. possession in 1945. Moving stories of liberation, transportation home, and the aftermath of these horrific experiences are narrated as the book draws to a close. Mansell concludes that America’s lack of military preparation, disbelief in Japan’s ambitions in the Pacific, and focus on Europe all contributed to the captivity of more than three years of suffering for the forgotten Americans from Guam as the Pacific War raged around them. Captured was completed by historian Linda Goetz Holmes after the death of Roger Mansell.

Private Yokoi's War and Life on Guam, 1944–1972

Private Yokoi's War and Life on Guam, 1944–1972 PDF Author: Omi Hatashin
Publisher: Global Oriental
ISBN: 900421304X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 254

Book Description
In 1972, when discovered by local hunters on Guam, former tailor Yokoi was widely reported as a ‘no surrender man’ who survived, living up to the old Japanese military code of honour. This book is about the reality of such a man (and the ingenuity he applied to ensure his survival), which is very different from the stereotype. This book sheds a different light on the reality of the war in the Pacific while addressing some key issues concerning the nature of Japanese culture in modern times.