Liberation Day is Guam’s most significant commemorative event, and July 21st, 2024, marks 80 years since the U.S. military delivered the island from Imperial Japanese occupation during World War II.
The 77th Infantry Division endured punishing attacks, including Japanese machine guns and Type 97 Chi-Ha tanks, while attempting to advance through Barrigada. Commanders ordered flanking maneuvers and ...
April 5, 1945. Rain lashed the Maeda Escarpment. Forty-foot waterfalls carved into jagged limestone cliffs. The 77th Infantry Division of the US Army clung to ropes and ladders, trying to survive ...