Battle of Guam

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Article abstract: Type of action: Air, sea, and ground battle in the Philippines. Result: Successful recapture from the Japanese of a strategic base in the Pacific.

On June 15, 1944, U.S. Army and U.S. Marine divisions under Admiral Chester W. Nimitz landed on Saipan, beginning a bloody three-week battle. Then, on July 21, Army and Marine units invaded Guam, one hundred miles south of Saipan, and three days later, Marines attacked Tinian Island. Guam fell to the Third Marine, Seventy-seventh Army divisions, and First Marine Brigade on August 10, after a difficult...

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