Word: guam
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...column of Chamorros, the natives of Guam, came out of the murky, rain-drenched morning, their brown skins glistening with rain. Half-naked, hungry, unwashed, hundreds of them filed slowly from the wooded uplands. Solemnly they walked to the American trucks and "ducks" waiting to take them to an American camp. One native shook hands with a soldier and said: "We glad you here...
...Japs made efforts (sometimes successful) to keep relations good. They gave natives the same medical treatment they gave their own men, established first-aid stations for bomb victims, paid for coconut trees they destroyed. And Jap enlisted men were prohibited from entering native homes. Said one Guam native: "High Jap officers would come in and eat with us. I liked Jap equality better. The Americans made us feel as if we were inferior...
...Meaner the Better. Guam's fighting kennel has about 60 dogs, mostly Dobermans, some German shepherds, a few other breeds. Their skill at ferreting out snipers terrified the Japs there from the beginning. One dog chased four Japs into a cave, where they committed suicide with grenades rather than fight it out. All the animals are trained to attack and kill on signal. Said a sergeant handler: "They are mean dogs and we make them meaner...
...night, while star shells, flares, bomb flashes flicker across the Guam sky, faint barks can be heard from distant outposts. The dogs are standing watch with sentries, ready to give warning if the Japs try to work into the Marines' lines...
Three dogs have been killed on Guam, one wounded; one is missing. Luckiest dog was Tippy, who was guarding a foxhole when a mortar shell hit. One Marine was killed. Tippy was blown six feet into the air but suffered only a stiffened rear...