KNOXVILLE, Tennessee —Best known for its Civil War sites and proximity to the Great Smoky Mountains, the city of Knoxville also has a monument to dogs killed in the 1944 Battle of Guam. At the ...
Robert Underwood, a former delegate to Congress, former UOG president and a candidate for Congress, announced plans to further honor the Guam survivors of World War II. “On this 76th anniversary of ...
HAGATNA, GuamHAGATNA, Guam — Regina Reyes, 95, remembers making corn titiyas, or flatbread, and selling it by the side of the road for 50 cents to survive during the Japanese occupation of Guam during ...
Survivors of the Japanese World War II occupation of Guam and their descendants have received $4.13 million in compensation under a 2021 territorial law, according to the governor’s office. Over the ...
The World War II battle for Guam doesn’t get the attention that popular historians reserve for better-known Pacific epic fights on Okinawa or Iwo Jima, but author James Hallas is about to correct that ...
Editor's Note: Marked with celebrations and solemn memorials, the annual Liberation Day commemoration has been enjoyed by generations of Guam residents. This year, because of COVID-19 restrictions, ...
A bill that would allow the federal government to take over the task of paying Guam war claims has passed both houses of Congress and awaits the president’s signature, according to the governor’s ...
A 1945 law gave Guam residents a brief window to apply for money for war damages, but the bulk of the $8 million in payments were for property loss, not death and injury. Guam also was left out of ...