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War Survivor: Agnes Guzman Duenas Perez

 

Hid from the bombings in a hole in Toto. Agnes “Neng” Guzman Duenas Perez (1930 – 2022) was 11 years when the war broke out in Guam. Perez is the oldest of the eight children of Jose Duenas (Familian Pepero) and Maria Pangelinan Guzman. Her family had been living in the San Antonio District of Hagåtña on the day of the attack. She recalled being at the Catholic Mass to celebrate Santa Marian Kamalen’s feast day when she saw the Japanese planes and heard the bomb explosions. 

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War Survivor: Rosanne Santos Ada

 

Born on the March to Manenggon. Rosanne Borja Santos Ada, (1944-2021), was born at the end of June 1944, the eighth child of Ana Sablan Borja Santos and Mariano Barcinas Santos. Pregnant with Rosanne, Ana and Mariano were forced to march along with their seven other children from Sumai to Fena and to the Manenggon concentration camp. She was born en route to the camp.

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War Survivor: Justo Leon Guerrero

 

Emotional toll of war. As a young teenager, Justo Torre Leon Guerrero (1928 – ) experienced the ravages of war. Escaping the harsh torture that his older brother endured at the hands of the Japanese, the emotional toll was no less harsh and affected him for the rest of his life. Choices he made in later life were a direct result of the war.

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Joaquin Flores Sablan

 

Wartime Protestant Minister. Joaquin Flores Sablan (1912 – 1993) lived a long life and cherished his career as a school teacher before and after World War II. But he possessed a greater love – to preach the Word of God.

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Simon Sanchez

 

Simon Sanchez (1895 – 1975) was a pioneer in education and a key player in the establishment and formalization of Guam’s public school system during the turbulent pre-war and post-war eras. In addition to his roles as a public school educator and administrator, Sanchez served as a member and secretary of the First and Second Guam Congress. As a Congressman, Sanchez was responsible for introducing a resolution that formally recognized the Territorial Flag of Guam, which is currently in use today.

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A 1974 Analysis of Social, Cultural and Historical Factors Bearing on the Political Status of Guam

 

The Guam Legislature’s Subcommittee on Social, Cultural and Historical Factors Relating to the Political Status of Guam under the direction of Senator Richard Taitano produced a report about Guam’s need for a change in political status in 1974.

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Fanohge Famalåo’an and Fan’tachu Fama’lauan

 

Women Rising: Indigenous Resistance to Militarization in the Marianas Archipelago. Graduate student Sylvia Frain examined how indigenous women nonviolently resist the invisible and visible sexist and environmental politics of everyday and expanding militarization by the United States in the Marianas Archipelago.

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