Kulepbla: Snake
The snake first entered Guam, the CHamoru language and CHamoru consciousness hundreds of years before it physically arrived.
Chamorro Culture, Historic Eras of Guam, Modern Guam Rises, Our Heritage, Post WWII Era, Symbolism
Post WWII Era
Chamorro Culture, Historic Eras of Guam, Matrilineal Systems, Modern Guam Rises, Our Heritage, Post WWII Era, Spanish Era, Spanish Era Changes to Matrilineal Practices, US Naval Era, WWII/Japanese Era
Låncho: Ranch
The word “låncho” comes from the word Spanish word “rancheria” and refers to Chamorro farms, ranches, gardens, or family property in the hålomtåno’ (jungle), and even properties along beaches. They can be small or large, and can be active farming ventures with crops and livestock, or can be overgrown jungle in which families harvest wild tinanom, fruta yan gollai siha (plants/crops, fruits and vegetables).
Historic Eras of Guam, Modern Guam Rises, Non-CHamoru Ethnicity, Post WWII Era
Filipino Migration to Guam 1945 – 1975
With a long and storied history of Filipino-CHamoru interaction in Guam, it is surprising to note that since the end of the Second World War in 1944, the contemporary Filipino record in the western Pacific has been largely ignored.
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Civic Society, Contemporary Guam: Economics, Economics and Commercial Development, Guamanian Era: Economics, Historic Eras of Guam, Modern Guam Rises, Post WWII Era, Transportation, Technology and Communications, US Naval Era
Port of Guam
Guam’s commercial port, operated by the Port Authority of Guam, is located at Cabras Island in the village of Piti. It is Guam’s only deepwater port and it handles approximately 90 percent of the island’s total imports.
Historic Eras of Guam, Modern Guam Rises, Post WWII Era, Transportation, Technology and Communications, US Naval Era
Communications and Transportation Advancements
Guam made huge strides in improving telecommunication and transportation throughout the 20th century under American rule. A myriad of modern vehicles fill island streets. Almost every house has a television and a telephone and many have computers and internet as well.
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Historic Eras of Guam, Modern Guam Rises, Post WWII Era, Transportation, Technology and Communications, US Naval Era
Early Transpacific Telecommunications
The first step in telegraphic communications for Guam took place soon after Guam and the Philippines were taken over by the United States following the Spanish American War in 1898. John W. Mackay, an American silver magnate, offered to lay a cable across the Pacific, planning to set the rate of $1 per word instead of the $1.72 then being charged for cablegrams in other parts of the word.
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Civic Society, Governors, Governors of Guam, Historic Eras of Guam, Modern Guam Rises, People, People and Places, Politics and Government, Post WWII Era, Post WWII Era: Politics
Governor Henry Larsen
Henry Louis Larsen (1890 – 1962) was a lieutenant general of the US Marine Corps, and was the governor of Guam from 15 August 1944 to 30 May 1946. His major mission of World War II was as Island Commander.
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CHamoru Quest for Self-Determination, Civic Society, Historic Eras of Guam, Modern Guam Rises, Politics and Government, Post WWII Era, Post WWII Era: Politics
Guam Congress Walkout
On 5 March 1949, the Guam Congress walked out as a protest against the US Naval Government and to underscore its quest for a measure of self-government and US citizenship. The protest drew nationwide attention through the press, and thereafter fairly quick action by the US Congress and President Harry Truman.
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Civic Society, Guamanian Era, Historic Eras of Guam, Modern Guam Rises, People, People and Places, Politics and Government, Post WWII Era, Post WWII Era: Politics
Carlos Pangelinan Taitano
Carlos Pangelinan Taitano (1917 – 2009) was one of the leaders from Guam who brought about the signing of the Organic Act for Guam. He arranged for the crucial media coverage of the Guam Congress Walkout of 1949 that led to CHamorus attaining US citizenship and civil government.
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Civic Society, Historic Eras of Guam, Modern Guam Rises, Politics and Government, Post WWII Era, Post WWII Era: Politics, Wars and Factors of Peace, WWII, WWII/Japanese Era, WWII/Japanese Era: Politics
US Navy War Crimes Trials in Guam
Some months before the end of the Pacific War, the US Navy impaneled a war crimes commission for Guam. The responsibility of the commission, a national one rather than an international one as at Nuremberg and Tokyo, was to bring to trial suspected Japanese and native war criminals.
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