Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KNOXVILLE, Tennessee —Best known for its Civil War sites and proximity to the Great Smoky Mountains, the city of Knoxville also ...

Robert Underwood, a former delegate to Congress, former UOG president and a candidate for Congress, announced plans to further honor the Guam survivors of World War II. “On this 76th anniversary of ...

The World War II battle for Guam doesn’t get the attention that popular historians reserve for better-known Pacific epic fights on Okinawa or Iwo Jima, but author James Hallas is about to correct that ...

It’s been 82 years since Guam’s liberation from Japanese occupation during World War II and, on Sunday, the island celebrated more than 20 war survivors who had experienced the occupation as children, ...

Editor's Note: Marked with celebrations and solemn memorials, the annual Liberation Day commemoration has been enjoyed by generations of Guam residents. This year, because of COVID-19 restrictions, ...

A 1945 law gave Guam residents a brief window to apply for money for war damages, but the bulk of the $8 million in payments were for property loss, not death and injury. Guam also was left out of ...

The US government has launched a compensation scheme for survivors of Japanese atrocities in Guam, 73 years after hostilities ended on the Pacific island. Japan occupied Guam on December 10, 1941, — ...

In eight months of fighting in 1898, the US secured its status as a global power by defeating Spain in the Spanish-American War. Fought on two continents, the war had a number of important moments for ...

Survivors of the Japanese World War II occupation of Guam and their descendants have received $4.13 million in compensation under a 2021 territorial law, according to the governor’s office. Over the ...

Besides $2.2 billion in military spending on Guam, largely for construction, the island has received more than $1.3 billion in federal funds for typhoon recovery since 1997. That figure could grow ...

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee —Best known for its Civil War sites and proximity to the Great Smoky Mountains, the city of Knoxville also has a monument to dogs killed in the 1944 Battle of Guam. At the ...