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Namesake School: JM Guerrero Elementary

Established in 1971, Harmon Loop Elementary School in Dededo was renamed and rededicated as Juan Mendiola Guerrero Elementary School, commonly referred to as JM Guerrero

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Transmission of Christianity into CHamoru/Chamorro Culture

There is little doubt that CHamorus today live very different lives than Chamorros/CHamorus did 400 years ago, and have different ideas about what is and

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Santa Marian Kamalen

Santa Marian Kamalen, also known as Our Lady of Camarin, is the patron saint of Guam. The 300-year-old Santa Marian Kamalen statue is a revered

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Father Callistus Lopinot

Father Callistus Lopinot (1876 – 1996) was a German Capuchin missionary in the Marianas at the beginning of the 20th century.

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Monsignor Oscar Calvo

CHamoru patriot priest. On 10 January 1942, all foreign Catholic missionaries in Guam were sent by the Japanese occupying forces to prisoner of war camps

Archbishop Flores. Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC) collection.

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Archbishop Felixberto C. Flores

Archbishop Felixberto C. Flores (1921 – 1985) was the first Chamorro/ CHamoru bishop. He was born Felixberto Camacho Flores on 13 January 1921, in Hagåtña,

Military inspection at the Governor's Palace. From Don Farrell's The Sacrifice.

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Naval Executive Orders

The Naval Executive Orders of Guam are a series of mandates produced by the Naval government of Guam during the island’s US Naval Era (1898-1941)

Guam’s commercial port is the island's only deepwater port and it handles approximately 90 percent of the island’s total imports.

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Port of Guam

Guam’s commercial port, operated by the Port Authority of Guam, is located at Cabras Island in the village of Piti. It is Guam’s only deepwater

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Governor Carlos Camacho

Governor Carlos G. Camacho (1924–1979) served as not only Guam’s last appointed governor, but also its first elected governor after the Guam Elected Governor Act

The military has used Guam in the Korean War in 1949-53, the Vietnam war of 1965-73, for the 1991 Gulf War, and the Iraq War that began in 2003.

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Guam’s Strategic Value

The strategic significance of Guam is due to the enduring importance of its location and its topography to major maritime nations in the Pacific Ocean.