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LIBERATION — Guam Remembers
A Golden Salute for the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of Guam
IN APPRECIATION BY THE PEOPLE OF GUAM
TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, UNITED STATES ARMY
AIR FORCE, UNITED STATES COAST GUARD, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, UNITED
STATES NAVY, GUAM CIVILIAN SCOUTS AND GUAM COMBAT PATROL WITH THE
FOLLOWING UNITS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE LIBERATION OF GUAM:
FORCE TROOPS
Headquarters and Service Battalion, III Amphibious Corps (less
detachments)
Signal Battalion, III Amphibious Corps (less detachments)
4th Marine Ammunition Company
Detachment ARGUS 17 (Shore-based Fighter
Director Unit)
Detachment, Marine Air Warning Squadron-2
Detachment, 756th Air Warning Company (Army)
Communication Unit 41 (Navy)
III AMPHIBIOUS CORPS ARTILLERY
Headquarters and Headquarters and Service Battery, III Amphibious Corps
Artillery
1st 155mm Howitzer Battalion (less Battery C
attached to Brigade Artillery Group on landing)
2d 155mm Howitzer Battalion
7th 155mm Gun Battalion
Marine Reconnaissance Squadron 1
3RD MARINE DIVISION (Reinforced)
9th Combat Team
9th Marines
1st Battalion (less Companies B and C), 19th Marines (Engineers)
Company D, 19th Marines (Pioneers)
Company G. 25th Naval Construction
Battalion (plus detachment, Headquarters Company)
3d lank Battalion (less Companies B and C)
Reconnaissance Company (less
2 platoons), 3d Headquarters Battalion
1st Messenger Dog Section (less 1 squad),
2d War Dog Platoon
1st Scout Dog Section (less 1 squad), 3d War Dog Platoon
Company A, 3d Motor Transport Battalion
Company A, 3d Medical Battalion
1st Band Section
Detachment, 3d Joint Assault Signal Company
21st Combat Team
21st Marines
Company B, 19th Marines (Engineers)
2d Battalion (less Companies D and F), 19th Marines (Pioneers)
Company H, 25th Naval Construction Battalion (plus detachment,
Headquarters Company)
1st and 2d Platoons, Company B 3d Tank Battalion
2d Platoon, Reconnaissance Company, 3d Headquarters Battalion
2d Messenger Dog Section (less 1 squad), 2d War Dog Platoon
2d Scout Dog Section (less 1 squad), 3d War Dog Platoon
Company B, 3d Motor Transport Battalion
Company B, 3d Medical Battalion
2d Band Section
Detachment, 3d Joint Assault Signal Company
3d Combat Team
3d Marines
Company C, 19th Marines (Engineers)
Company F, 19th Marines (Pioneers)
25th Naval Construction Battalion (less Companies G and H and 2
detachments, Headquarters Company)
Company C, 3d Tank Battalion
3d Messenger Dog Section (less 1 squad), 2d War Dog Platoon
3d Scout Dog Section (less 1 squad), 3d War Dog Platoon
Company C, 3d Motor Transport Battalion
Company C, 3d Medical Battalion
3d Band Section
Detachment, 3d Joint Assault Signal Company
12th Marines (Reinforced)
12th Marines
14th Defense Battalion (less 155mm Seacoast Artillery
group, 2 90mm batteries, 1 search light platoon and
detachments, Headquarters and Service Battery)
Artillery Liaison Group, III Amphibious Corps
1st Armored Amphibian
Battalion (less Companies A and B)
3d Amphibian Tractor Battalion (Reinforced)
Motor Transport Battalion (less Company C), III Amphibious Corps (DUKW'S)
Reserve Group
3d Headquarters Battalion (less 3 band Sections and 3d Reconnaissance
Company less 4th Platoon)
Company B (less 2 platoons), 3d Tank battalion
2d War Dog Platoon (less 6 squads)
3d War Dog Platoon (less 6 squads)
3d Joint Assault Signal Company (less detachments)
Detachment, Signal Battalion, III Amphibious Corps
Engineer Group
19th Marines (less 1st and 2d Battalions)
2d Separate Engineer Battalion
Company B, 2d Special Naval Construction Battalion
Garrison Beach Party
Service Group
3d Service Battalion (less detachments)
3d Medical Battalion (less Companies A, B, C)
3d Motor Transport Battalion (less Companies A, B, C)
Detachment, Service Group, 5th Field Depot
2d Marine Ammunition Company (less 4th Platoon)
1ST PROVISIONAL MARINE BRIGADE
Brigade Troops
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Provisional Marine
Brigade
Military Police Company (less 1st and 2d Platoons), 1st Provisional
Marine Brigade
Signal Company (less detachments), 1st Provisional Marine
Brigade
4th Combat Team
4th Marines
Tank Company, 4th Marines
Engineer Company, 4th Marines
Pioneer Company, 4th Marines
Medical Company, 4th Marines
Motor Transport Company, 4th Marines
Reconnaissance Platoon, 4th Marines
Ordnance Platoon, 4th Marines
Service and Supply Platoon, 4th Marines
1st Platoon, Military Police Company, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade
4th Platoon, 2d Marine Ammunition Company
Detachment, 5th Field Depot
1st War Dog Platoon
1st Joint Assault Signal Party, Signal Company, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade
22d Combat Team
22d Marines
Tank Company, 22d Marines
Pioneer Company, 22d Marines
Engineer Company, 22d Marines
Medical Company, 22d Marines
Motor Transport Company, 22d Marines
Reconnaissance Platoon, 22d Marines
Ordnance Platoon, 22d Marines
Service and Supply Platoon, 22d Marines
Band Section, 22d Marines
2d Platoon, Military Police Company, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade
1st Provisional Replacement Company
Detachment, 5th Field Depot
Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 515 (Navy)
2d Joint Assault Signal Party, Signal Company, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade
Companies A and B, 1st Armored Amphibian Battalion
Amphibian Tractor Group
4th Amphibian Tractor Battalion (Reinforced)
Company C, Motor Transport Battalion, III Amphibious Corps (DUKW's)
Artillery Group
Artillery Headquarters Detachment, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade
75mm Pack Howitzer Battalion, 4th Marines
75mm Pack Howitzer Battalion, 22d Marines
305th Field Artillery Battalion (attached on landing)
Battery C, 1st 1 55mm Howitzer Batta(ion (attached on landing)
305th Combat Team (USA)
305th Infantry
305th Field Artillery Battalion (detached on landing)
Battery A, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion
(detached on landing)
Company C, 706th Tank Battalion (less 1 platoon)
242d Engineer Combat Battalion
Company A, 302d Engineer Combat Battalion
Company A and 1 platoon, Company D, 302d Medical Battalion
1 platoon, Company A, 88th Chemical Battalion
Detachment, 77th Signal Company
Detachment, 777th Ordnance Company
Detachment, 292d Joint Assault Signal Company
Detachment, Prisoner of War Interrogation Team
Antiaircraft Group
9th Defense Battalion (less 155mm Seacoast Artillery Group, 90mm
Antiaircraft Group, and detachments, Headquarters, Service Battery)
Battery A, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion
(attached on landing)
53d Naval Construction Battalion
Medical Battalion, III Amphibious Corps Reinforced)
77TH INFANTRY DIVISION
Division troops
Headquarters, 77th Infantry Division
Special Troops
Headquarters Company, 77th Infantry Division
Military Police Platoon, 77th Infantry Div.
777th Ordnance Company (Light Maintenance) (less detachments)
77th Quartermaster Company
77th Signal Company (less detachments)
77th Infantry Division Band
77th Reconnaissance Troop
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 77th Infantry Division
Artillery
306th Field Artillery Battalion
302d Engineer Combat Battalion (less Companies A, B, and C)
302d Medical Battalion (less Companies A. B. C and 1 platoon, Company
D)
36th Field Hospital (less 2 platoons)
95th Portable Surgical Hospital
Company A (less 1 platoon), 88th Chemical Battalion
92d Bomb Disposal Squad
292d Joint Assault Signal Company (less detachments)
7th Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (less Companies
A, B, and C (less 1 platoon))
404th Ordnance Company (Medium Maintenance)
Prisoner of War Interrogation Team (less detachments)
Detachment, Counter Intelligence Corps Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Areas Team
Signal Photo Sections 1 and 2
306th Combat Team
306th Infantry
304th Field Artillery Battalion
Company B, 302d Engineer Combat Battalion
132d Engineer Combat Battalion
Detachment, 292d Joint Assault Signal Company
Company B, 302d Medical Battalion
Company B, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion
Detachment, 77th Signal Company
Detachment, 777th Ordnance Company
Company B, 706th Tank Battalion
1st Platoon, 36th Field Hospital
307th Combat Team
307th Infantry
902d Field Artillery Battalion
Company C, 302d Engineer Combat Battalion
233d Engineer Combat Battalion
Detachment, 292d Joint Assault Signal Company
Company C, 302d Medical Battalion
Company C, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion
Company A, 706th Tank Battalion
Detachment, 77th Signal Company
Detachment, 777th Ordnance Company
2d Platoon, 36th Field Hospital
GARRISON FORCE
1st Provisional Base Headquarters Battalion
3d Marine Division (Reinforced)
14th Defense Battalion (less detachments)
9th Defense Battalion (less detachments)
2d Special Engineer Battalion
25th Naval Construction Battalion
53d Naval Construction Battalion
Company B, 2d Special Naval Construction Battalion
Communication Unit 41
5th Field Depot
Detachment, 5th Naval Construction Brigade
Detachment, Marine Air Oroup 21
Detachment, Lion 6 Advance Naval Base
Detachment, Argus 17
Detachment, Marine Air Warning Squadron 2
Detachment, 746th Air Warning Company
Guam Civilian Scouts
Guam Combat Patrol
PACIFIC FLEET
Battleships
Alabama (BB-60)
California (BB-44)
Colorado (BB-45)
Idaho (BB-42)
Indiana (BB-58)
Iowa (BB-61)
New Jersey (BB-62)
New Mexico (BB-40)
Pennsylvania (BB-38)
Tennessee (BB-43)
Washington (BB-56)
Carriers
Bataan (CVL-24), Air Group 50
Belleau Wood (CVL-24), Air Group 24
Bunker Hill (CV- 17), Air Group 8
Cabot (CVL-28), Air Group 31
Chenango (CVE-28), Air Group 35
Coral Sea (CVE-57), Composite Squadron 33
Corregidor (CVE-58), Air Group 58
Cowpens (CVL-25), Air Group 25
Enterprise (CV-6), Air Group 10
Essex (CV-9), Air Group 15
Gambier Bay (CVE-73), Composite Sqdrn 10
Hornet (CV-12), Air Group 2
Kalinin Bay (CVE-68), Composite Squadron 3
Kilkun Bay (CVE-71), Composite Squadron 5
Langley (CVL-27), Air Group 32
Lexington (CV-16), Air Group 16
Midway (CVE-63), Composite Squadron 65
Monterey (CVL-26), Air Group 28
Nehenta Bay (CVE-74), Composite Sqdrn 11
Princeton (CVL-23), Air Group 27
Sangamon (CVE-26), Air Group 37
San Jacinto (CVL-30), Air Group 51
Suwonnee (CVE-27), Air Group 60
Wasp (CV-18), Air Group 14
Yorktown (CV-10), Air Group 1
Cruisers
Biloxi (CL-80)
Birmingham (CL-62)
Boston (CA-69)
Canberra (CA-70)
Cleveland (CL-55)
Denver (CL-58)
Honolulu (CL-48)
Houston (CL-81)
Indianapolis (CA-35)
Louisville (CA-28)
Miami (CL-89)
Minneapolis (CA-36)
Mobile (CL-63)
Montpelier (CL-57)
New Orleans (CA-32)
Oakland (CL-95)
Reno (CL-96)
St. Louis (CL-49)
San Diego (CL-53)
San Francisco (CA-38)
San Juan (CL-53)
Santa Fe (CL-60)
Vincennes (CL-64)
Wichita (CA-45)
Destroyers
Abbott (DD-629)
Acree (DE-167)
Anthony (DD-515)
Aulick (DD-569)
Charles F. Ausburne (DD-570)
Aylwin (DD-355)
Bagley (DD-386)
Bangust (DE-739)
Baron (DE-166)
Bell (DD-587)
Benham (DD-796)
Bennett (DD-473)
Black (DD-666)
Boyd (DD-544)
Bradford (DD-545)
Clarance K. Bronson (DD-668)
Brown (DD-546)
Bullard (DD-660)
Burns (DD-588)
Cabana (DE-260)
Callaghan (DD-792)
Caperton (DD-650)
Capps (DD-550)
Case (DD-370)
Cassin (DD-372)
Charrette (DD-581)
Chauncy (DD-667)
Closes (DE-265)
Coggswell (DD-651)
Colahan (DD-668)
Conner (DD-582)
Converse (DD-509)
Conway (DD-507)
Conyngham (DD-371)
Cotten (DD-669)
Cowell (DD-547)
Craven (DD-382)
Dale (DD-353)
Dashiel (DD-659)
Deede (DE-263)
Dewey (DD-349)
Dianne (DE-261)
Dortch (DD-670)
Dyson (DD-572)
Eisele (DE-34)
Elden (DE-264)
Ellet (DD-398)
Erben (DD-631)
Evans (DD-552)
Fair (DE-35)
Farenholt (DD-491)
Farragut (DD-348)
Fleming (DE-32)
Franks (DD-554)
Fullan (DD-474)
Galling (DD-671)
Gridley (DD-380)
Guest (DD-472)
Haggard (DD-555)
Hailey (DD-556)
Hale (DD-642)
Halford (DD-480)
Paul Hamilton (DD-590)
Lewis Honcock (DD-675)
Harrison (DD-573)
Healy (DD-672)
Helm (DD-388)
John D. Henley (DD-553)
Hickox (DD-673)
Hilbert (DE-742)
Hunson (DD-4750
Hull (DD-350)
Hunt (DD-674)
Ingersoll (DE-652)
Irwin (DD-794)
Izard (DD-589)
Johnston (DD-557)
Kidd (DD-651)
Knapp (DD-653)
Lamons (DE-743)
Lang (DD-399)
Lansdowne (DD-486)
Lardner (00-487)
Levy (DE-162)
Longshaw (DD-559)
MacDonough (DD-351)
Manlove (DE-36)
Marshall (DD-676)
Maury (DD-401)
McCall (DD-400)
McCalla (DD-488)
McConnell (DE-163)
McDermut (DD-677)
McGowan (DD-678)
McKee (DD-575)
McNair (DD-679)
Meade (DD-602)
Melvin (DD-680)
Mertz (DD-691)
Samuel S. Miles (DE-183)
Miller (DD-535)
Mitchell (DE-43)
Monaghan (DD-354)
Monssen (DD-798)
Mugford (DD-389)
Murray (DD-576)
G'Flaherty (DE-340)
Osterhaus (DE-164)
Owen (DD-536)
Parks (DE-165)
Patterson (DD-392)
Porterfield (DD682)
Stephen Potter (DD-538)
Halsey Powell (DD-686)
Preston (DD-795)
Prichett (DD-561)
Pringle (DD-477)
Renshaw (DD-499)
Ringgold (DD-500)
Robinson (DD-562)
John Rodgers (DD-574)
Sauf Icy (DD-465)
Schroeder (DD-501)
Sederstrom (DE-31)
Selfridge (DD-357)
Show (DD-373)
Sigsbee (DD-502)
Spence (DD-512)
Stanly (DD-478)
Stembel (DD-644)
Sterelt (DD-407)
Stevens (DD-479)
Stockham (DD-683)
The Sullivans (DD-537)
Swearer (DE-186)
David W. Taylor (DD-551)
Terry (DD-513)
Thatcher (DD-514)
Tingey (DD-539)
Tisdale (DE-33)
Wadsworth (DD-516)
Walker (DD-51)7)
Waller (00-466)
Waterman (DE-740)
Weaver (DE-741)
Wedderburn (DE-684)
Wesson (DE-184)
Whitman (DE-24)
Wileman (DE-22)
Williamson (DD-244)
Wilson (DD-408)
Yarnell (DD-541)
Mine Vessels
Caravan (AM-157)
Hamilton (DMS-18)
Hogan (DMS-6)
Hopkins (DMS-13)
Long (DMS-12)
Motive (AM-102)
Palmer (DMS-5)
Perry (DMS-17)
Sheldrake (AM-62)
Skylark (AM-63)
Spear (AM-322)
Stansbury (DMS-8)
Starling (AM-64)
Terror (CM-5)
YMS-136
YMS-151
YMS-184
YMS-195
YMS-216
YMS-237
YMS-241
YMS-242
YMS-260
YMS-266
YMS-270
YMS-272
YMS-281
YMS-291
YMS-292
YMS-295
YMS-296
YMS-302
YMS-317
YMS-321
YMS-322
YMS-323
YMS-396
Zone (DMS-14)
Patrol Vessels
PC-549
PC-555
PC-581
PC-1079
PC-1080
PC-1125
PC-1126
PC-1127
PC-1136
PCS-1396
PCS-1457
SC-504
SC-521
SC-667
SC-724
SC-727
SC-1052
SC-1273
SC-1319
SC-1325
SC-1326
SC-1328
Submarine
Tarpan (SS-175)
Fleet Auxiliaries
Agenor (ARL-3)
Aloe (AN-6)
Apache (ATF-67)
ARD-16
ARD-17
Aastabula (AO-51)
Bountiful (AH-9)
Cache (AO-67)
Cahaba (AO-82)
Caliente (AO-53)
Chowanoe (ATF-100)
Cimarron (AO-22)
City of Dalhart (IX-156)
Concrete barge 1321
Concrete Barge 1324
Enoree (AO-69)
Grapple (ARS-7)
Guadalupe (AO-32)
Holly (AN-19)
Hydrographer (AGS-2)
Kaskaskia (AO-27)
Kennebago (AO-81)
Lackawanna (AO-40)
Lipan (ATF-85)
Manatee (AO-58)
Marias (AO-57)
Mascoma (AO-8 3)
Monongahela (AO-42)
Neosho (AO-48)
Neshanic (AO-71)
Owklawaha (AO-84)
Pakana (ATF-108)
Pautuxent (AO-44)
Pecis (AO-65)
Pennant (Motor Ship)
Platte (AO-24)
Sabine (AO-25)
Samaritan (AH-10)
Saugatuck (AO-75)
Schuylkill (AO-76)
Sebec (AO-87)
Solace (AH-5)
Tallulah (AO-50)
Tappahannock (AO-43)
Takesta (ATF-93)
Tomahawk (AO-88)
Tupelo (AN-56)
Typhoon (IX-145)
Zuni (ATF-95)
Transports and Cargo Vessels
Alcyone (AKA-7)
Alkes (AK-110)
Almaack (APA-10)
Alpine (APA-92)
Alshain (AKA-55)
APc-46
Appalachian (AGC-1)
Acquarius (AKA-16)
Ara (AK-136)
William P. Biddle (APA-8)
Bolivar (APA-34)
William Ward Burrows (AP-6)
Centaurus (AKA-17)
Clemson (APA-31)
George Clymer (APA-27)
Comet (AP-166)
Cor Caroli (AK-91)
Crescent City (APA-21)
Custer (APA-40)
Degrass (AP-164)
Dickerson (APD-21)
Doyen (APA-1)
Draco (AK-79)
Du Page (APA-42)
Elmore (APA-42)
Fayette (APA-43)
Feland (APA-11)
Frederick Funston (APA-89)
Golden City (AP-169)
Kane (APD-18)
Lamar (AP-47)
Harry Lee (APA-10)
Leedstown (APA-56)
Libra (AKA-12)
Monrovia (APA-31)
Noa (APD-24)
Ormsby (APA-49)
President Adams (APA-19)
President Hoyes (AP-20)
President Jackson (APA-18)
President Monroe (APA-104)
President Polk (APA-103)
Rixey (APH-3)
Sheridan (APA-51)
Starlight (AP-175)
Sterope (AK-96)
Titania (AKA-13)
Vega (AK-17)
Virgo (AKA-20)
Warhawk (AP-168)
Warren (APA-53)
Waters (APD-8)
Wayne (APA-54)
Wharton (AP-7)
Windson (APA-55)
Zeilin (ALA-3)
Landing Ships and Craft
Carter Hall (LSD-3)
Epping Forrest (LSD-4)
Gunston Hall (LSD-5)
LCI(G)-345
LCI(G)-346
LCI(G)-348
LCI(G)-365
LCI(G)-366
LCI(G)-437
LCI(G)-438
LCI(G)-439
LCI(G)-440
LCI(G)-441
LCI(G)-442
LCI(G)-449
LCI(G)-450
LCI(G)-451
LCI(G)-455
LCI(G)-457
LCI(G)-464
LCI(G)-465
LCI(G)-466
LCI(G)-467
LCI(G)-468
LCI(G)-469
LCI(G)-471
LCI(G)-472
LCI(G)-473
LCI(G)-474
LCT(6)-962
LCT(6)-964
LCT(6)-965
LCT(6)-966
LCT(6)-968
LCT(6)-982
LCT(6)-989
LCT(6)-995
LCT(6)-1059
LCT(6)-1061
LCT(6)-1062
LST-24
LST-29
LST-38
LST-41
LST-70
LST-71
LST-78
LST-117
LST-118
LST-122
LST-123
LST-125
LST-207
LST-219
LST-220
LST-221
LST-227
LST-241
LST-243
LST-244
LST-247
LST-269
LST-270
LST-276
LST-334
LST-341
LST-343
LST-398
LST-399
LST-446
LST-447
LST-449
LST-476
LST-477
LST-478
LST-479
LST-481
LST-482
LST-488
LST-684
LST-731
LST-986
Underwater Demolition Teams
UDT 3
UDT 4
UDT 6
SEVENTH AIR FORCE
48th Bombardment Squadron (M)
318th Fighter Group
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Sailing toward Guam in July 1944, a line
of battleships impressively displays the U.S. Navy's dominion on the
seas. At this point in the war, the Navy's power and reach in the
Pacific was relatively unchallenged by Japan's Imperial Navy.
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A gun aboard a Navy ship aims toward
Guam. With a vast array of vessels in its armada ready to recapture
Guam, the Navy bombarded the island for nearly two weeks prior to the
July 21, 1941 Liberation invasion.
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