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Liberation of Guam 21 July-10 August, The by Harry Gailey w/ dust jacket
Liberation of Guam 21 July-10 August, The by Liberation of Guam 21 July-10 August, The by Harry Gailey
Hard Cover w dust jacket
231 pages
Copyright 1988
CONTENTS
Introduction1
Chapter IGuam: The Early Days9
Chapter IIThe Japanese Occupation29
Chapter IIIPlanning47
Chapter IVSoftening Up the Defenses71
Chapter VW Day87
Chapter VISecuring the Beachhead113
Chapter VII The Breakout145
Chapter VIII Conquest of the North165
Chapter IXAftermath189
Notes207
Bibliography219
Index223
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION
THE LIBERATION OF GUAM 21 July - 10 August 1944 by Harry Gailey
December 1941 marked the loss of the first American territory to an enemy in World War II. "Despite Guam's strategic location in the Central Pacific and its potential as a major naval base, almost nothing had been done to provide even minimal defenses." So writes Professor Gailey at the start of his book.
He begins this long-awaited and, until now, neglected account of Guam's fate with the history of the early days, from Magellan to Admiral Dewey; Guam's use as a coaling base, then a naval base. After the Japanese takeover there ensued two and a half years of occupation.
Saipan, at least in written history, received the attention and the glory. But on 21 July 1944, it was Guam's W Day. The Marines arrived escorted by destroyers and minesweepers. Transports carried the floating reserve, the 305th Regimental Combat Team of the Army's 77th Infantry Division. Four battleships, three cruisers, and four destroyers gave close-in fire support to the 3d Marine Division's landing at Asan, while two battleships, three cruisers, and three destroyers supported the 1st Marine Provisional Brigade at Agat. It would not be over until August 10.
The long struggle is detailed day by day in this exacting and vivid account. More than 1,400 Americans were killed and 5,600 wounded. Of the Japanese defenders some 10,000 were killed during the operation, and tenacious as ever in their fighting, even more casualties were counted during the long mop-up. After Guam was secured, it became the nerve center for Admiral Nimitz's Pacific Fleet and the 20th Air Force. In this book, Gailey throws light on a portion of the war in the Pacific long neglected. It is a good story and a splendid piece of historical research.
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