WWII/Japanese Era

Fanhasso Antonelli Q. Salayon
Fanhasso: War for Guam
Fanhasso Antonelli Q. Salayon
Pacific World War II Timeline
A 6 M 2 Zeros Japanese empire during World War Two
WWII-Japanese Era Gallery
Marianas Operation, June 1944
WWII in the Marianas Books

Wartime on Guam

Guamanian Wake Memorial, 2011. Courtesy of Benita Gilbert.
WWII: 45 CHamorus/Chamorros Caught in Wake Invasion
Prisoners of war in Kobe (Japan) American civilians from Guam. Seated L to R: Author W. Jackson, Franklin Olive, William Payne, Albert Kerner, Father Alderbert Doblon, WM. Gautier Johnston, Marcelo Sgambelluri, Elmer L. Gay, and Carl C. Butler.
WWII: Prisoners of War Sent to Japan
CHamoru Navy men at Pearl Harbor. Seated to the right, Jose Torrez Ramirez, standing left to right are Vicente Sablan and Jesus Cepeda. Photo courtesy of MA Ramirez.
CHamorus Die in Pearl Harbor Bombing
July 24, 1944. Assault Engineer demolition squad of the 22nd Marine Regiment shown examining a Japanese pillbox before blasting it.(USMC 91382)
CHamorus/Chamorros Forced into War Effort
A child peers out of makeshift shelter in another rare photo of the Manenggon camp where Japanese forced Guamanian to stay prior to the Liberation. Photo courtesy of the Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC).
CHamorus/Chamorros Yearn for Freedom
Peter Onedera's play, AI HAGÅ-HU was based on the real true-to-life experience of a CHamoru comfort woman during the dark days of World War II.
Comfort Women on Guam
In a rare photo of Manenggon in 1994, people are shown milling about the camp. The hardships of war and the occupation only served to intensify Guamanians' desire for a better future and for control of their own destiny. Photo courtesy of the Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC).
WWII: From Occupation to Liberation
Sugarcane Farmers
WWII: Guam an Obstacle to Japan's Ocean Empire
Left photo: Guam Combat Patrol, Joaquin Aguon and Pedro San Nicholas from the Pacific Profile Collection courtesy of the Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC). Right photo: Lon Bulgrin courtesy of Boyd Dixon.
WWII: Guam Combat Patrol Hunted Japanese Stragglers
Guam Insular Force Guard
Guam Insular Guard
War Survivor Maria Pablo receives her reparations check at the Governor’s Complex at Adelup on February 28, 2020. Eric Vincent Thomas/Guampedia.
Guam World War II War Claims: A Legislative History
CHamoru/Chamorro nurses worked during the Japanese occupation.
Health Services During WWII
Chamorro Patriots, 1944. Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC) collection.
Impact of Japanese Military Occupation of Guam
Japanese Marine Barracks. Guam Occupation. WAP-038
Japanese Military Administration of Guam
Japanese Soldiers. Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC).
Japanese Occupation of Guam
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Wartime on Guam

  1. 45 Chamorros Caught in Wake Invasion
  2. American Prisoners of War sent to Japan
  3. CHamorus Die in Pearl Harbor Bombing
  4. CHamorus Forced into War Effort
  5. CHamorus Yearn for Freedom
  6. Comfort Women on Guam
  7. From Occupation to Liberation: An Overview
  8. Guam an Obstacle to Japan’s Ocean Empire
  9. Guam Combat Patrol Hunted Japanese Stragglers
  10. Guam Insular Guard
  11. Guam War Claims: A Legislative History
  12. Health Services During WWII
  13. Impact of Japanese Military Occupation of Guam
  14. Japanese Military Administration of Guam
  15. Japanese Occupation of Guam
  16. Japanese Stragglers on Guam
  17. Låncho: Ranch
  18. Land Ownership on Guam
  19. Nightmare in Merizo at War’s End
  20. Other War Atrocities
  21. Religious Life during the Japanese Occupation
  22. Rising Sun Dawns on Guam
  23. Robert O’Brien: US Prisoner of War
  24. Role of Education in the Preservation of Guam’s Indigenous Language
  25. Song of Hope, Song of Faith
  26. US Navy War Crimes Trials on Guam
  27. War Atrocities: Fena Massacre
  28. War Atrocities: Manenggon Concentration Camp
  29. War Atrocities: Tinta and Faha Cave Massacres
  30. WWII List of CHamoru Deaths and Survivors in Guam
  31. WWII Monuments and Sites Map
  32. WWII Profiles of Officers in Command
  33. WWII: Oral War Histories of the CHamoru People
  34. WWII: Prisoners of War sent to Japan

Biographies and Survivor Stories

  1. Agnes Duenas Unpingco
  2. Agueda Iglesias Johnston
  3. Amanda Guzman Shelton
  4. Ana Atoigue Muna
  5. Ana Sablan Palomo
  6. Ana San Nicolas Gogue
  7. Antonio Adriano Arriola
  8. Asuncion Camacho Lazaro Cruz
  9. Beatrice Flores Emsley
  10. Cecilia Cruz Bamba
  11. Cecilia Taitano Yanger
  12. Cleotilde Mendiola Bamba
  13. Concepcion Castro Camacho
  14. Congressman Vicente “Ben” Garrido Blaz
  15. Cynthia Tenorio Terlaje
  16. Dr. Ramon Manalisay Sablan
  17. E. Grace Sablan Viegas
  18. Father Jesus Baza Duenas
  19. Fidel Toves Blas
  20. Forrest Mendiola Harris
  21. Francisca Quintanilla Franquez
  22. George Tweed
  23. Helena James Aflague Crisostomo
  24. Ignacia Bordallo Butler
  25. Ignacio “Buck” Cruz
  26. Ignacio Mendiola Reyes
  27. Irene Perez Ploke Sgambelluri
  28. Jesus Camacho Babauta
  29. Joaquin Flores Lujan
  30. Jose Rosario Alvarez
  31. Jose Santos Torres
  32. Josefa Cruz Baza
  33. Juan Quintanilla Guzman
  34. Justo Leon Guerrero
  35. Lillian Tenorio Dimla
  36. Maria Meno Barcinas
  37. Maria Rapolla Matanane
  38. Maria Taitague Escalera
  39. Mary Taitano San Agustin Lujan
  40. Msgr. David Ignacio Arceo Quitugua
  41. Msgr. Oscar Lujan Calvo
  42. Patricia Taitano Guerrero
  43. Rev. Joaquin Flores Sablan
  44. Robert O’Brien: US Prisoner of War
  45. Rosa Champaco Quitano
  46. Rosa Payne Murer
  47. Rosanne Santos Ada
  48. Rosario Flores Leon Guerrero
  49. Rosita Duenas Diaz
  50. Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi, Last Straggler on Guam
  51. Sylvia Iglesias San Nicolas Punzalan
  52. Sr. Bernard Unpingco
  53. Vicente and Jesusa Arceo
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