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Guam Introduction 2015

SOURCE: 2015 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES

Page last updated on June 20, 2014

Background:
Spain ceded Guam to the US in 1898. Captured by the Japanese in 1941, it was retaken by the US three years later. The military installations on the island are some of the most strategically important US bases in the Pacific.

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