Dear readers,
As some of you may know, my family spent 1993-2003 living on Guam and other islands in the Western Pacific. Most of this was U.S. territory, taken by force by Japan on December 8, 1941.
Besides Christmas and Easter, the two largest holidays on Guam are Veteran's Day and Liberation Day. On November 10, 1775, the United States Continental Congress passed a resolution for the foundation of a Marine force for the United States. On July 21, 1944, U.S. and Allied Forces landed on Guam to retake the island from Japan and end a 4 1/2 year occupation, which included be-headings, concentration camps, death marches and massacres.
Four 232 years the U.S. Marine Corps has said "aye, aye, sir," and taken on every job handed to them. I really learned not to take them for granted when I lived on an island that thousands Americans died to retake after being lost.
Happy 232nd Birthday U.S. Marine Corps.
Blue skies,
Sam White
www.SamWhiteRealty.com
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