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  • US Pressures Iraq for Reparations, Continues to Stall on Restitution for Guam

    Guam senator writes to President urging resolution Hagåtña, Guam (September 15, 2010) – Guam Senator Frank F. Blas, Jr. wrote President Barack Obama yesterday expressing disappointment in his administration’s failure to fully recognize Guam’s..

  • War Survivors Continue to Die without Restitution

    By Victoria-Lola Leon Guerrero Cecilia Cruz Bamba lost both her parents and her childhood during World War II. Like many children on Guam at that time, her innocence was replaced with fear, her happiness with grief. And yet she survived with a purpose –...

  • The War Reparations Saga: Why Guam’s Survivors Still Await Justice

    By Victoria-Lola Leon GuerreroFor some it is a promise the United States made but has not kept. For others it’s a symbol of justice, a measure of peace. But for all who survived World War II on Guam, it is a necessary action that is long overdue. Sixty-...

  • 27 Years of Guam War Reparations Attempts in US Congress

    September 21, 1983: Guam Delegate Antonio B. Won Pat introduced H.R. 3954 in the 98th Congress, which proposed the establishment of a “commission to review the facts and circumstances surrounding Guamanian losses caused by the occupation of Guam by Japa...

  • Standing on the Shoulders of Those Who Survived

    Why Guam’s World War II stories must be told By Victoria-Lola Leon Guerrero War is ugly. It claims the lives and sprits of people and is one of the worst human experiences imaginable. On Guam, too many people know this reality – so much of the island’...

  • World War II on Guam: A Story of Struggle, A Story of Triumph

    By Victoria-Lola Leon Guerrero Fear. From the moment Japanese Imperial forces bombed Guam on December 8, 1941, the island’s people knew fear in a way they had never imagined, had not been prepared for, and will never forget. The people of Guam were not f...