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War in the Pacific NHP: The Defense of Guam
Japanese special envoy Saburo Kurusu stopped overnight in Guamwhile enroute to Washington for peace talks. He spent the night at thePanAm Hotel at Sumay. ... 0815—Nine Japanese planes flew over Agana from the east andheading towards Orote Peninsula where the Marine Barracks, Pan AmericanHotel, fuel tanks were located. The planes came from Saipan, 145 milesnorth of Guam. ... 0827—First bombs fell. PanAm Hotel kitchen suffered directhit, killing Larry Lujan Pangelinan and Teddy Pores Cruz, young kitchenworkers. Fuel tank struck. After attack at Sumay, attacking aircraftbombed and strafed Piti Navy Yard and then pursued USS Penguin off Orote Point, strafing surveillance vessel and killing Ensign RobertWhite and injurying many crewmembers. ... [Read More]
War in the Pacific NHP: The Defense of Guam
7. The Insular Force Guard (about 80 natives ofGuam), a force that was authorized for enlistment in April 1941, wereassembled in the Guard Headquarters on the Plaza in Agana. The U.S.Marines (less than 50 on duty on patrol stations throughout the island,plus police and Government House detail) were at the Marine Barracks,Sumay. 8. Enemy planes appeared from the direction of Saipanshortly after eight o'clock, and the first bombs were dropped on theMarine Reservation and vicinity at 0827. The Marines were in thebarracks, or on their normal duties throughout the post. Several wereinjured running across the golf course, for protection in thesurrounding thickets. The Pan Air Hotel kitchen received a direct hit,and several native employees were killed. An attack was made on theU.S.S. PENQUIN outside the Harbor: the ship was gallantly fought, butwas soon in a sinking condition. Ensign White, U.S.N.R., was killed bymachine gun fire at his station on the anti-aircraft gun. The PENQUINhad the o ... [Read More]
GU OVC State Wide Assistance Report
E. ISSUES OR TRENDS IMPACTING CRIME VICTIM SERVICES: 1. Economy - Guam's primary economic revenue sources are thetourist industry and U.S. military presence. The impact of the September11, 2001 still has its effects on the island and unfortunately the recentincident in Bali, Indonesia, did not provide much assurance and safety inthe region. Some of the island's economic statistics include thefollowing: Hotel Occupancy Rate (HOR) (source: Guam Visitors Bureau)are as follows: 7/01 - 69% 3/02 - 60% 8/01 - 76% 4/02 - 48% 9/01 - 52% 5/02 - 54% 10/01 - 30% 6/02 - 54% 11/01 - 36% 7/02 - 66% 12/01 - 45% 8/02 - 70% 1/02 - 55% 9/02 - 68% 2/02 - 64% Airport arrivals - (Inclusive of visitors staying at leastone night on Guam, source: Guam Visitors Bureau). Airport arrivals figuresbefore and after the 9/11/01 incidents are as follows: - 7/01 (114, 489 airport arrivals); - 8/01 (127,944) airport arrivals); - 9/01 (71,280 airport arrivals); - 10/01 (47,213 airport arrivals); - 11/01 (56,653 airport ... [Read More]
USCRTF Guam Meeting Press Release
The Government of Guam is pleased to announce that it will host Part II of the 10th U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Meeting on October 6th, 2003. Co-hosted with the Government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and the U.S. Departments of Commerce and Interior, all meetings and events will take place from October 3 - 7, 2003. This is the first time the meeting will be held on Guam and the CNMI. The meeting will open on Saipan at the Dai Ichi Hotel and close on Guam at the Hilton Guam Hotel and Spa. Both meetings are from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The public is invited to participate at no charge. ... [Read More]
OSHA Alliance Program> Region IX Alliance > Guam Alliance for Safety an Health
Msgt Mark Hotelling, Ground Safety Manager ... Guam Hotel and Restaurant Association ... [Read More]
War in the Pacific NHP: Liberation - Guam Remembers
come back to Guam." Although possession of a radio was strictlyprohibited, a number of Chamorros were daring enough to operate radioreceivers throughout most of the occupation period—until aboutlate in 1943 when American forces were pummeling the Japanese in thesouth and central Pacific. Members of the underground radio network includedJose Gutierrez, Augusto Gutierrez, Frank T. Flores and AtanacioBlas; Adolfo Sgambelluri, Mrs. Ignacia Butler, RalphPellicani, Carlos Bordallo, Juan and Agueda Roberto, Manuel F. L.Guerrero, James Butler, Joe Torres and Herbert Johnston; Agueda IglesiasJohnston; Frank D. Perez, the Rev. Jesus Baza Duenas, E.T. Calvo; LuisP. Untalan, Jose and Herman Ada, and Pedro M. Ada. The radio receivershad to be destroyed or abandoned after Japanese officials obtainedcopies of news reports, including the following: — "Rabaol, (sic) New Guinea — Japanese forcesare being hammered in their positions by American Flying Fortresses fromAustralia, enemy los ... [Read More]
Guam main page
Guam’s economy is based on two main sources of revenue – tourism and military expenditures. Economic growth slowed or stagnated after extraordinary growth through 1992. Military downsizing coincided with Japanese recession and then the Asian economic crisis of the late 1990's. Visitor arrivals continued to increase to a peak of 1,380,000 in 1997, but declined in 1998 and increased only slightly in 1999. Hotel construction has continued throughout the 1990's resulting in reduced occupancy rates and hotel revenues, but placing the tourist industry in a good position to benefit from increased Asian travel next decade. There are currently more than 9,000 hotel rooms, with more under construction. ... [Read More]
War in the Pacific NHP: Liberation - Guam Remembers
Before the outbreak of World War II, 45 Chamorro menwere employed by Pan American Airways at the company's facilities inWake Island, one of the stops on the Pan Am Clipper transPacific airservice initiated in 1935. The men worked as kitchen helpers, hotel serviceattendants, and laborers. But the peaceful life on Wake was shatteredDec. 8, 1941, when Japanese aircraft bombed the island, killing five menfrom Guam and wounding five others. A day later, those wounded died when a bomb destroyedtheir hospital. The remaining Chamorros joined the island's garrison,asked by Wake's American military commander to help fortify and defendthe island. The defenders repulsed on Dec. 11 the initial landingforce of the Japanese, and for 12 more days the defenders held out. Butthe inevitable happened. Supported by the arrival of additional shipsand aircraft, some of which participated in the Dec. 7 attackon Pearl Harbor, Japanese troops stormed ashore andon Dec. 23, Wake fell. Garrison members, includ ... [Read More]
OIA: Chapter 4
The number of hotel rooms on Guam in 1994 increased to 6,873 from 6,616 in the previous year. In 1995 the hotel occupancy tax generated $19.9 million for the local government, up from $14.6 million in 1993. ... The surge in visitor arrivals is only slowly translating into increased employment, as visitor demand has been met largely through increased utilization of the existing workforce and stock of hotels and other facilities. ... [Read More]
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