From L'Turu, I heard that until about 1850 the people of this island -- which was about the size of Guam or smaller -- had been of both sexes, and that the normal family life of Melanesian tribes was observed here with minor variations.

Phylis Canion, who was responsible for capturing the alleged specimen, claimed that t-shirts highlighting the event were shipped to locations such as Italy, Guam, and Iraq.

It is believed that Guam was first discovered by seafaring people who migrated from Southeast Asia around 4000 BC.

Despite Magellan ’ s visit, Guam was not officially claimed by Spain until 1565 by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi.

Once Christianity was established, the Catholic Church became the focal point for village activities and Guam became a regular port-of-call for the Spanish galleons that crossed the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to the Philippines.

Molina was born and raised in East Los Angeles, California and occasionally lived with his family in military bases in Guam and Germany.

But although it has colonized a few oceanic islands, vagrant individuals are generally rare ; in the whole of Micronesia for example, the species was only recorded twice each on Guam and Saipan in the Marianas.

He traveled in Asia and the South Pacific in the late 1920s after his father, an officer in the United States Navy, was posted to the U. S. naval base on Guam.

In 1927 Hubbard's father was sent to the U. S. Naval Station on Guam in the Mariana Islands of the South Pacific.

Although Hubbard's mother also went to Guam, Hubbard himself did not accompany them but was placed in his grandparents ' care in Helena, Montana to complete his schooling.

The first was made in the company of his mother while traveling from the United States to Guam in 1927.

It was discovered while scientists from the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology were completing a survey around Guam ; they used a sonar mapping system towed behind the research ship to conduct the survey.

In the early 17th century Spain colonized Guam, the Northern Marianas, and the Caroline Islands ( what would later become the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau ), creating the Spanish East Indies, which was governed from the Spanish Philippines until the Spanish-American War in 1898.

The first European exploration of the area was in 1521 by Ferdinand Magellan, who landed on nearby Guam and claimed the islands for Spain.

For the remainder of the 16th century, Spanish influence was paramount, with ships sailing from Mexico and Peru across the Pacific Ocean to the Philippines, via Guam, and establishing the Spanish East Indies.

Two planarian species have been used successfully in the Philippines, Indonesia, Hawaii, New Guinea, and Guam to control populations of the imported giant African snail Achatina fulica, which was displacing native snails.

Strategic Air Command in the United Kingdom was among the command's largest overseas concentrations of forces, with additional forces at bases in North Africa during the 1950s and 1960s in addition to SAC bomber, tanker, and / or reconnaissance aircraft assets at the former Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and at Andersen AFB, Guam, RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom and the former NAS Keflavik, Iceland through the 1990s.

From 1972 to 1974, this version was demonstrated and evaluated in the United States aboard the aircraft carriers USS Guam and USS Guadalcanal, and at various other centres.

Wearing swim suits, fins, and dive masks on combat operations, these " Naked Warriors " saw action across the Pacific in every major amphibious landing including: Eniwetok, Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Angaur, Ulithi, Peleliu, Leyte, Lingayen Gulf, Zambales, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Labuan, Brunei Bay, and on 4 July 1945 at Balikpapan on Borneo, which was the last UDT demolition operation of the war.

It was developed in late 1960s to provide strike capability against Moscow and Guam.

Glenn flew patrol missions in North China with the VMF-218 squadron, until it was transferred to Guam.

Of these, the 35th Infantry Brigade under Major General Kiyotake Kawaguchi was at Palau, the 4th ( Aoba ) Infantry Regiment was in the Philippines and the 28th ( Ichiki ) Infantry Regiment, under the command of Colonel Kiyonao Ichiki, was on board transport ships near Guam.

It constitutes an important and popular cultural activity in many Asian and Oceanic countries, including Pakistan, the Maldives, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Burma ( Myanmar ), China, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Taiwan, the Philippines, Palau, Yap, Guam, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.

Three Marine amphibian tractor battalion officers that played an important role in the invasion of Guam.

All of the important citizens of Guam were there with the exception of the governor, Don Juan Marina.

It consisted of a brief stop-over in a couple of Chinese ports before traveling on to Guam, where he stayed for six weeks before returning home.

Determine for each State ( except the Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico, and, prior to 1962, Alaska and Hawaii ) that percentage which bears the same ratio to 50% as the particular State's average per capita income bears to the average per capita income of the U. S..

By law this is 75% for the Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico.

For each State ( except the Virgin Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and, prior to 1962, Alaska and Hawaii ), determine the average per capita income for the last three years.

Determine for each State ( except the Virgin Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and, prior to 1962, Alaska and Hawaii ), that percentage which bears the same ration to 40% as the particular State's average per capita income bears to the average per capita income of the United States.

By law this is 70% for the Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico.

Fahrenheit is used in the United States, Belize, and the United States territories of Puerto Rico, Guam and the U. S. Virgin Islands for everyday applications.

* Guam Residents Organize Against US Plans for $ 15B Military Buildup on Pacific Island-video report by Democracy Now!

Route Marker for Guam Highway 8.

Cuba gained its independence and Spain lost its remaining New World colony, Puerto Rico, which together with Guam and the Philippines were ceded to the United States for 20 million dollars.

* 1944-Louis H. Wilson, born in Brandon, Mississippi and who graduated from the college in 1941, receives the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Guam during World War II.

Today, most of Micronesia are independent states, except for Guam and Wake Island, which are U. S. territories, and for the Northern Mariana Islands, which are a U. S. commonwealth.

Chamorros from the Northern Marianas, then under Japanese rule for more than two decades, were brought to Guam to assist the Japanese administration.

U. S. forces then recaptured Guam beginning July 21 and invaded Tinian ( see Battle of Tinian ) on July 24, which provided the take off point for the Enola Gay, the plane dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima a year later.

After the 1898 Spanish-American War, the German Empire purchased the Caroline island group from Spain in 1899 together with the Marianas ( except Guam ) and 4 years later the Marshall Islands for 17 million goldmark.

With the Treaty of Versailles Japan as mandatory power assumed control of all German colonial possessions north of the equator, having occupied Pohnpei along with the rest of the Carolines, the Marshalls, the Marianas ( except for American-owned Guam ) and Kiautschou Bay during World War I.

:— Treaty of Paris ; U. S. gains Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico ; pays Spain for claims ; Cuba under temporary U. S. control

In the early 19th century the revolutionary movements resulted in the independence of most Spanish colonies in America, except for Cuba and Puerto Rico, given up in 1898 following the Spanish-American War, together with Guam and the Philippines in the Pacific.