Tag: Guam
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This Day in History: Marines in the Recapture of Guam
On July 21, 1944, Marines landed on Guam. On December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor they gambled the Americans were weak and with the surprise attack, would be brought quickly to negotiations. On July 8, 1944, an American “unceasing prelanding softening-up” (O’Brien) aircraft assault had begun on the island. It’s unlikely the…