Word: guam
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...outlined the long series of attacks: Malaya, Hong Kong, Guam, the Philippine Islands, Wake, Midway. The chamber was silent. When he said: "Always will our whole nation remember the character of the onslaught against us," the room roared with a cry of vengeance. "No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion," continued the President, "the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory." At this, the biggest cheers of the day. "We will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make it very certain that this form of treachery...
After the assault on Hawaii, Guam, Wake, Midway, the soft little links between Hawaii and the Philippines, were quickly neutralized...
...Guam was easy. Captain George Johnson McMillin, whom the 22,000 Chamorros call King of Guam, could see from his 300-year-old palace the heavily fortified Japanese island of Rota. His kingdom had only one natural harbor and only one landing field. It was, thanks to the fact that certain U.S. Congressmen had not been able to see farther than the west bank of the Potomac River, unfortified. When zero hour came, Japanese warships shelled the island, setting fire to the oil reservoir and all the principal buildings. According to Japanese reports, the flag of the Rising Sun rose...
When Pan Am's Philippine Clipper arrived in Manila last week, on board were over 300 items of freight. On Pan Am's run from San Francisco to Singapore, with stopovers at Honolulu, Midway, Wake, Guam and Manila, about 12,000 ton-miles of freight flow weekly. During the first seven months of this year, the Clipper carried over 270,000 ton-miles of freight, a 20% jump over...
...Guam went an artificial leg, blueprints, electrical appliances, beaded handbag...