Guam
Air Force engineers uncover WWII-era runways for new purpose in the Pacific
Engineers are on track to finish clearing vegetation from an airfield on Tinian by May, paving the way for the restoration of at least two of its four World War II-era runways, according to the Air Force.
Pacific War author’s ‘Guam,’ due in March, fills a void
“Guam: The Battle for an American Island in World War II” sets the scene not only for the Japanese takeover and occupation from Dec. 10, 1941, but the 20 days of battle in July and August 1944 and the complete, post-war change that came over the island.
On Guam, military’s roots run deep
At a deployment ceremony at Guam’s National Guard headquarters last week, Maj. Gen. Donald Goldhorn gave out his personal cell phone number.
USO opens in Guam’s Tumon tourist district
In another sure sign the military on Guam is growing and destined to become larger, the United Service Organizations on Thursday opened its newest location in the heart of the Pacific island’s Tumon tourist district.
Guam USO center reopens at Tumon Bay resort just in time for Super Bowl
The new, 4,000-square-foot facility feature several big-screen televisions that will come in handy for the Super Bowl on Monday morning. The center will have the game on and snacks ready.
Troops in Pacific play Santa in world’s longest-running humanitarian mission
Playing Santa in a C-130 is tricky. The sleigh can break down. And the presents, if not delivered just right, either go to the sharks or go splat right in front of their intended recipients.
Guam jungle silently echoes long-ago guns
In a lot of Pacific War histories, Guam is swept aside and banished as insignificant.
How soon they forget, many might say.