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Battle of Guam, 1944.
U.S. Navy Corpsman gives drink to wounded U.S, Marine on Guam.
In December 1941, the Japanese captured the island, which had been in United States possession since the Spanish-American War.
On July 21, 1944, in Operation Stevedore, Task Force 53, commanded by Rear Admiral Richard L. Connolly, USN, landed the Third Marine Division and the Ist Provisional Marine Brigade, along with the U.S.
Army 77th Infantry Division on Guam. Landing troops were commanded by Major General Roy S. Geiger, USMC.
The island was declared secure on August 10.
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“It is, in a way, an odd thing to honor those who died in defense of our country, in defense of us, in wars far away. The imagination plays a trick. We see these soldiers in our mind as old and wise. We see them as something like the Founding Fathers, grave and gray haired. But most of them were boys when they died, and they gave up two lives - the one they were living and the one they would have lived. When they died, they gave up their chance to be husbands and fathers and grandfathers. They gave up their chance to be revered old men. They gave up everything for our country, for us. And all we can do is remember.” - Ronald Reagan
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Battle of Guam, 1944.
U.S. Navy Corpsman gives drink to wounded U.S, Marine on Guam.
In December 1941, the Japanese captured the island, which had been in United States possession since the Spanish-American War.
On July 21, 1944, in Operation Stevedore, Task Force 53, commanded by Rear Admiral Richard L. Connolly, USN, landed the Third Marine Division and the Ist Provisional Marine Brigade, along with the U.S.
Army 77th Infantry Division on Guam. Landing troops were commanded by Major General Roy S. Geiger, USMC.
The island was declared secure on August 10.
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“It is, in a way, an odd thing to honor those who died in defense of our country, in defense of us, in wars far away. The imagination plays a trick. We see these soldiers in our mind as old and wise. We see them as something like the Founding Fathers, grave and gray haired. But most of them were boys when they died, and they gave up two lives - the one they were living and the one they would have lived. When they died, they gave up their chance to be husbands and fathers and grandfathers. They gave up their chance to be revered old men. They gave up everything for our country, for us. And all we can do is remember.” - Ronald Reagan
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