Lecture 19: Remembering "The War"

Question 1

How long was the War between Japan and US for Guam?

Answer 1

12/8/1941 to 7/21/1944

Question 2

Was is Guam viewed as for the US?

Answer 2

Patriotic to the US
Faith in US return
No allegiance to Japan

Question 3

Why was WWII viewed as traumatic in Guam?

Answer 3

*Trauma of US defeat & Japanese invasion in 1941
*Trauma of wartime brutalities and fear
*Trauma of Chamorros as enemies in war

Question 4

What did the Japanese do to the Guam natives?

Answer 4

• Dog tags
• Prisoners Of War
  – October 1941, December 1941
• Forced Labor

Question 5

Who was being hunted by the Japanese during the Japanese control over Guam?

Answer 5

George Tweed

Question 6

When does the US army return to Guam?

Answer 6

, Mar–July 1944

Question 7

When did the Battle of Saipan happen?

Answer 7

June 15-July 9, 1944

Question 8

When did the battle of Guam start?

Answer 8

After July 9

Question 9

What was the largest concentration camp on Guam?

Answer 9

Manenggon

Question 10

Why were all the concentration camps on Guam on the mid to south eastern side of the island?

Answer 10

Because the US military would enter to the western side of Guam

Question 11

What were the massacres of Guam? (Name 3)

Answer 11

• July 12: Fr Jesus Baza Dueñas
• July 15: Tinta, 16/30
• July 16: Faha, 30/30
• July 20: Fena, 32
• July 20: Hagåtña, 11
• July 20: Yigo (Chagui’an), 45

Question 12

What was the Atate Uprising (July 21, 1944)

Answer 12

• 15 Merizo men, led by Jose “Tongko” Reyes
• 9 Japanese men