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    Guam USA: America's Forward Fortress In Asia Pacific
    Guam USA: America's Forward Fortress In Asia Pacific
    Guam USA: America's Forward Fortress In Asia Pacific
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    Guam USA: America's Forward Fortress In Asia Pacific

    By Colonel Jerry M. Rivera

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    During the final stages of World War II, Japan was finally defeated through the strategic use of the Marianas Islands as a jumping-off point for power projection into the heart of Japan. The main island, Guam, and her northern sister islands, Saipan and Tinian, were the hub from which American forces inched northward towards Japan. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, believed in the strategic value of the Marianas because he moved his Pacific Ocean Areas headquarters to Guam where he could better direct joint forces operations closer to Japan.
    Guam, Saipan, and Tinian were used as staging bases from which over 500,000 troops and approximately 1,500 ships were readied for their move on Okinawa. It was from these islands where U.S. B-29's took off for bombing raids on Japanese cities and where the Enola Gay began its mission to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
    Like World War II, the U.S. military should withdraw all its foreign bases in the Asia Pacific region and return to Guam and possibly, the Marianas which are United States soil and make it their hub of operations. We can still maintain a strategic forward military presence from Guam and feasibly project our military power deep into Asia to protect America's vital interests in peace and regional stability. We will be near, yet far enough away from Asia to do so.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVerdun Press
    Release dateAug 15, 2014
    ISBN9781782896777
    Guam USA: America's Forward Fortress In Asia Pacific

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      Guam USA - Colonel Jerry M. Rivera

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      Text originally published in 2002 under the same title.

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      Although in most cases we have retained the Author’s original spelling and grammar to authentically reproduce the work of the Author and the original intent of such material, some additional notes and clarifications have been added for the modern reader’s benefit.

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      GUAM USA: AMERICA'S FORWARD FORTRESS IN ASIA-PACIFIC

      BY

      COL JERRY M. RIVERA

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Contents

      TABLE OF CONTENTS 4

      ABSTRACT 5

      GUAM: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE 6

      GUAM'S DESCRIPTION 6

      AMERICAN PERIOD 1898-1941 6

      DURING WORLD WAR II 7

      AFTER WORLD WAR II 8

      DURING THE VIETNAM CONFLICT 10

      NATIONAL SECURITY AND MILITARY STRATEGIES FOR ASIA-PACIFIC 12

      JUSTIFICATION FOR FORWARD MILITARY PRESENCE VIA GUAM 13

      THE TWO KOREAS 14

      JAPAN 16

      CHINA, TAIWAN AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA 19

      POSSIBLE STRATEGIC COURSES OF ACTION 29

      RECOMMENDATIONS 29

      CONCLUSION 30

      REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 32

      BIBLIOGRAPHY 33

      ABSTRACT

      During the final stages of World War II, Japan was finally defeated through the strategic use of the Marianas Islands as a jumping-off point for power projection into the heart of Japan. The main island, Guam, and her northern sister islands, Saipan and Tinian, were the hub from which American forces inched northward towards Japan. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, believed in the strategic value of the Marianas because he moved his Pacific Ocean Areas headquarters to Guam where he could better direct joint forces operations closer to Japan.

      Guam, Saipan, and Tinian were used as staging bases from which over 500,000 troops and approximately 1,500 ships were readied for their move on Okinawa. It was from these islands where U.S. B-29's took off for bombing raids on Japanese cities and where the Enola Gay began its mission to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

      Like World War II, the U.S. military should withdraw all its foreign bases in the Asia Pacific region and return to Guam and possibly, the Marianas which are United States soil and make it their hub of operations. We can still maintain a strategic forward military presence from Guam and feasibly project our military power deep into Asia to protect America's vital interests in peace and regional stability. We will be near, yet far enough away from Asia to do so.

      GUAM USA: AMERICA'S FORWARD FORTRESS IN ASIA-PACIFIC

      GUAM: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

      GUAM'S DESCRIPTION

      Guam is located in the Western Pacific on the fringe of Asia. It is slightly above the equator approximately 4000 miles southwest of the U.S. State of Hawaii and about

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