Navy Guam
War in the Pacific NHP: Liberation - Guam Remembers
United States Navy Admiral Spruance was Commander, Fifth Fleet at thetime of the Liberation of Guam. Thus, he commanded the U.S. Navy shipsoffshore of Guam and in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. Born in 1886in Baltimore, he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1907. He servedon several battleships with his first command being the destroyerBainbridge. At war's beginning, he was in command of a cruiser squadron.Spruance was then in charge of the U.S. Navy forces at the Battle ofMidway. Later he alternated the command of the fleet with AdmiralHalsey. After the war, he became Commander of the Pacific Fleet, laterambassador to the Philippines and died in 1969. ... [Read More]
PI-Guam NWR
Guam National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) was established with the Ritidian Unit, which was excessed by the U.S. Navy. Most of the refuge, about 22,500 acres, is an "overlay refuge" on lands administered by the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy. Although the military mission comes first on these lands, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service assists in protecting native species and habitats. ... [Read More]
Chronology--Philippines and Guam
Theodore Roosevelt was appointed assistant U.S. Secretary of the Navy. Emilio Aguinaldo was elected president of the new republic of the Philippines; Andrés Bonifacio was demoted to the director of the interior. ... Secretary of the Navy John D. Long issued orders to Captain Henry Glass, commander of the cruiser U.S.S. Charleston to capture Guam on the way to Manila. ... Opening with the famous quote "You may fire when your are ready, Gridley" U.S. Commodore George Dewey in six hours defeated the Spanish squadron, under Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasarón, in Manila Bay, the Philippines Islands. Dewey led the Asiatic Squadron of the U.S. Navy, which had been based in Hong Kong, in the attack. With the cruisers U.S.S. Olympia, Raleigh, Boston , and Baltimore , the gunboats Concord and Petrel and the revenue cutter McCulloch and reinforcements from cruiser U.S.S. Charleston and the monitors U.S.S. Monadnock and Monterey the U.S. Asiatic Squadron forced the capitulation of Manila. In the battle the entire Spanish squadron was sunk, including the cruisers María Cristina and Castilla , gunboats Don Antonio de Ulloa, Don Juan de Austria, Isla de Luzón, Isla de Cuba, Velasco , and Argos . ... [Read More]
War in the Pacific NHP: Liberation - Guam Remembers
But it was Tweed that was a thorn in the side of theJapanese ... and the Chamorros. To both Japanese and Chamorros, Tweed represented theUnited States, but in vastly different perspectives. To the Japanese, hewas a threat and a sore point in their desire to extinguish theinfluences of America upon Guam. To Chamorros, Tweed could be seentwo ways. In one perspective, he did indeed representthe United States; his presence and continued existence symbolized hopein America's return to Guam. As a result, many people aided him to evadecapture by members of the Minseibu, the policemen and investigators ofthe Japanese naval militia charged with civilian affairs on Guam. Thosewho felt this way cited a responsibility to the United States in helpingTweed keep his freedom. The second perspective was less kind:Tweed was willing to allow Chamorros to suffer anddie as he lived in freedom in the jungles of Guam. Those of this secondview note, in their opinion, Tweed's lackadaisical attitude in stayi ... [Read More]
40:0030(4)AR - - Navy Resale Activity, Guam and AFGE Local 1689 - - 1991 FLRAdec AR -- v40 p30
On March 12, 1991, the Union's exceptions were dismissed asuntimely filed. U.S. Department of the Navy, Navy ResaleActivity, Guam and American Federation of Government Employees,Local 1689 , 39 FLRA No. 94 (1991). ... The grievant was a nonappropriated fund employee of theNavy Exchange, U.S. Naval Station, Guam. The Agency removedhim from his position for the offense of receiving propertystolen from the Exchange. The Agency also issued a letter tothe grievant advising him that he was permanently prohibitedfrom entering the property of the U.S. Naval Station, Guam. Asa result of being barred from the Station, the grievant wasunable to report to his job at a fast-food restaurant locatedon the Station. The grievant filed a grievance protesting hisremoval. The grievance was submitted to arbitration on thefollowing stipulated issue: ... [Read More]
The Official Website of Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo
U.S. Department of Justice Letter Concerning the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program and the Decontamination of Navy Craft in Guam ... Compiled Information Concerning the Decontamination of Navy Craft in Guam ... [Read More]
War in the Pacific NHP: The Defense of Guam
0100—Guam military defenders were deployed, the bulk of the153 Marine contingent at Orote, and the Insular Force, navy personneland a handful of Marines in Agana. Guam's military contingent wascomprised of 274 navymen, the 153 Marines and 120 Insular Forceguardsmen. Their weaponry included three machineguns, four Thompsonsubmachine guns, six Browning automatic pistols, fifty .30-caliberpistols, a dozen .22-caliber regulation rifles, and 85 Springfieldrifles—which meant some of the military personnel were withoutarms. The Japanese attack force included the South Seas Detachment, aunit of about 5,500 army troops under the command of Major GeneralTomitara Hori, and a special Navy land force of about 400 men drawn fromthe 5th Defense Force stationed in Saipan. ... [Read More]
War in the Pacific NHP: Liberation - Guam Remembers
Aircraft of the Japanese navy launch a surprise strike on U.S.military facilities on Oahu, Hawaii. The attack cripples the Navy atPearl Harbor as the U.S. is thrust into World War II. Killed were morethan 2,500 Americans; 21 warships were either destroyed or damaged; 169aircraft demolished. The attack and others nearly simultaneous acrossthe Pacific, including Guam, and Asia would eventually net Japan anempire of more than 20 million square miles. ... Men of the Insular Force Guard march inparade (top). Paid $30 a month, they performed duties of naval enlistedmen and dressed like Navy personnel; the group was attached to the NavalStation garrison. The Insular Guard, members of which challenged theJapanese invasion force at the Plaza de Espana on Dec. 10, 1941, werepart of this group. The group was established only months before thewar's beginning. ... [Read More]
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