Naval Hospital Guam
LinkOut at the US Naval Hospital, Guam
My primary clients are the 54 physicians and 10 physician extenders on our staff, but I also provide limited services to the civilian health caregivers in Micronesia, backup services for the nursing school at the University of Guam, and miscellaneous services for naval ships doctors in the Western Pacific. In addition I provide library services to the rest of the hospital's staff, serve as the consumer health information librarian for our patients and their families, and mentor the medical library managers at the US Naval Hospitals in Yokosuka and Okinawa, Japan. My library is a member of the Guam Library Network, the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, a full DOCLINE participant, and a FreeShare library. I have informal working relations with a number of federal libraries, especially those of the Department of Defense and the Veterans Administration. ... [Read More]
War in the Pacific NHP: The Defense of Guam
b. Naval Station personnel included 210 Insular Force, 47 attached to USS Penguin, 137 assigned to USS Gold Star, 54 attached toNaval Hospital, 61 assigned to Naval Station, and 21 attached to theNaval Radio Station. c. A total of 150 local men enlisted as messattendants during the fiscal year. The number increased the totalChamorro mess attendants to 628. The Bureau of Navigation had authorizeda maximum of 700 Chamorros in the mess attendant branch of the Navy. d. Capital improvement projects completed during thefiscal year included the Almagosa water system at a cost of $260,000;site preparation for the construction of a 25,000-barrel fuel oil tank;four fuel tanks owned by Standard Oil of California; and two fuel tanksowned by Pan American Airways. ... [Read More]
War in the Pacific NHP: The Defense of Guam
15. Commander Giles identified me as the Governor forGuam. The Japanese Commander, Commander Giles, and myself enteredGovernment House. Members of the Japanese guard were armed with riflesand fixed bayonets. None of the Japanese group spoke English. I was ableto indicate to that the Japanese local residents were confined in thejail across the Plaza. Shinahara, Shimizu, and Mrs. Sawada were sentfor. Mrs. Sawada was very emotional and in tears, Shinahara did theinterpreting. The Japanese officer identified himself as CommanderHayashi, Imperial Japanese Navy. After a short discussion, he asked if Iwas ready to sign papers. I told him I was prepared to surrender thepost, and after further discussion, I wrote and signed a letter ofsurrender, (Enclosure 1). Shinahara informed mine that I was to remainin Government House until further orders. I remained there withCommander Giles and Chief Yeoman Fariss, until about 2030, without food.About 2030, Commander Giles and myself were ordered to leav ... [Read More]
War in the Pacific NHP: Liberation - Guam Remembers
Chamorros had gained in terms of democratic government;a House of Assembly served as a legislative body but it was merelyadvisory. Chamorro self-determination was non-existent. The navalgovernor still possessed absolute authority - he was legislator, chiefexecutive, judge, all under one hat. Japan, though, was much more active in its effortsaround the Pacific islands. When the opportunity arose in World War I asGermany was reeling from its defeats in Europe, the Japanese wereunfurling the flag of the Rising Sun in German-held islands above theequator. Their presence in the central and western Pacific was vast, asvast as the area of the continental United States: from the MarshallIslands in the east, to the Carolines, to the Marianas and anchoring theline of Japanese-occupied islands was the Palau archipelago. In theTreaty of Versailles which ended World War I, Japan's occupation ofthese islands was formalized under a mandate of the League ofNations. Japan wasted little time in solidi ... [Read More]
Guam main page
The Guam Memorial Hospital, with 192 beds, including 159 acute care beds, is government-owned and the major health facility in Guam and Micronesia. The U.S. Naval Hospital serves military personnel and dependents as well as veterans. Guam's Department of Public Health operates about a dozen medical and dental clinics. ... From 1899 to 1941, Guam was under U.S. Naval Administration. At the outbreak of World War II, the Japanese seized Guam and occupied the island for two and a half years. ... [Read More]
War in the Pacific NHP: Cultural Resources Inventory (History)
Pre-war U.S. Military fortification of Guam was minimal, comprisingof a naval base on the Orote Peninsula, military commissary, navalhospital in Agana, detention camp at Asan Beach, naval communicationfacilities, and a quartermaster depot at Asan Point. ... To prevent a naval arms race that may have seen Japan become dominantin Asia, the new Harding Administration called a landmark Washingtonconference. On February 2, 1922, the Five Power Naval Treaty limited thenumbers and tonnage of battleships and aircraft carriers that could bebuilt by the five super-powers. In addition, the United States agreed tonot fortify any Pacific island holdings west of Hawaii, for the next tenyears. Therefore, no military fortifications and military airfieldswould be constructed on Guam (Rogers 1995:147). In 1932 a disarmamentprogram, spurred by the Depression initiated the dismantling offortifications and guns, the withdrawal of U.S. Marines, and theabandonment of military bases on Guam. ... [Read More]
US Dept of State
Naval Supply Systems Command, Arlington, Virginia (including Defense Printing Office, Alexandria, Virginia, and Food Systems Office, Arlington, Virginia) ... [Read More]
War in the Pacific NHP: Liberation - Guam Remembers
53d Naval Construction Battalion ... Company H, 25th Naval Construction Battalion (plus detachment,Headquarters Company) ... 25th Naval Construction Battalion (less Companies G and H and 2detachments, Headquarters Company) ... [Read More]
National Health Service Corps
NHSC's Scholarship Program worked well with Emgushov's vision. "I knew I wanted primary care and to serve the underserved," she explains. "I was single and enjoyed moving around. It seemed like a real match." However, when it finally came time to choose a location to serve her commitment, her circumstances had changed significantly. She had married Brian Boggs, an ER resident with a service commitment to the U.S. Navy, so it became necessary to find an NHSC clinic close to a Naval hospital. The Northern Region Community Health Center on Guam fit the bill perfectly. ... [Read More]
The Hospital Librarian's Guide to LinkOut for Libraries
This is the most complex part. You need to know which journals you have access to electronically and how your users will be validated (TCP/IP recognition? passwords?). You will need to register any titles for which you have electronic access included with your print subscription. You will also need a list of any titles that require a separate subscription to the electronic version, any titles that are part of a package that are accessible via LinkOut, and any journals that are accessible for no charge that you wish to include in LinkOut. Alice Hadley's article, LinkOut at the US Naval Hospital, Guam , is a very helpful inspiration for this task! ... [Read More]
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