How Guam became a strategic US territory
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The United States has occupied the island of Guam since Spain's defeat in the Spanish-American War in 1898, when it was transferred to the control of the U.S. Navy. The island has since held a Navy yard and Marine barracks and currently has a naval base and Coast Guard station in the south and an Air Force base in the north.
The Tamuning area of Guam, Aug. 15, 2017. Guam officials were "ecstatic" as North Korea appeared to back away from its threat to fire four missiles toward the U.S. territory in the western Pacific.
The Tamuning area of Guam, Aug. 15, 2017. Guam officials were "ecstatic" as North Korea appeared to back away from its threat to fire four missiles toward the U.S. territory in the western Pacific.
