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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Guam - an organized,unincorporated Territory of the USA in the western Pacific Ocean


Guam  is an organized,unincorporated Territory of the USA in the western Pacific Ocean.

Guam is one of 5 US Territories with an established civilian government.
Guam is listed as one of 17 Non Self Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United Nations
Guam is the largest island in Micronesia and was the only U.S.-held island in the region before WWII
Guam was captured by the Japan on December 8, 1941, just hours after the attack on Pearl Harbour  and was occupied for two and a half years.
Guam was subject to fierce fighting when U.S. troops recaptured the island on July 21, 1944, a date commemorated every year as Liberation Day

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