Heritage Sites
Sumai (Sumay)
Sumai/Sumay’s history dates before the Spanish colonial period, although not much is known about its pre-contact history. Findings in a cave complex in the old
Chamorro Culture
Yula
Maga’låhi Yula (also spelled Hula or Yura) was a chief from the village of Apotguan in Hagåtña, who is best known for sparking a Chamorro/CHamoru
Chamorro Culture
Tolahi
Maga’låhi Tolahi (also spelled Tetlaje or Torahi) was a chief from Tachuc (immediately south of Malesso), who fearlessly led the southern villages in resistance to
Catholic
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
Historic Eras of Guam
WWII: From Occupation to Liberation
Saburu Kurusu, diplomatic pouch in hand, stepped off the Pan American Airways Clipper at Sumay while rumors persisted in Guam that war with Japan was
Historic Eras of Guam
WWII: War Atrocities on Guam
While remembrance of World War II atrocities against the CHamorus occur every year for the massacres at Fena in Sånta Rita-Sumai and Faha and Tinta
Historic Eras of Guam
War Atrocities: Manenggon Concentration Camp
One of the worst atrocities that took place at the end of the Japanese occupation of Guam during World War II was the Manenggon concentration
Historic Eras of Guam
War Atrocities: Fena Massacre
The Fena Caves Massacre occurred on 23 July 1944, shortly after American troops invaded the island on 21 July, when Japanese soldiers killed more than
e-Publications
War Atrocities: Tinta and Faha Massacres, Malesso
On July 15 and 16, 1944, with the American forces approaching Guam near the end of the Japanese occupation of the island in World War
Civic Society
US Navy War Crimes Trials in Guam
Some months before the end of the Pacific War, the US Navy impaneled a war crimes commission for Guam. The responsibility of the commission, a