I've lived on Guam since 1970 (a Texan by birth), coming originally to
the island in the U.S. Navy. The following is some information on Guam
and the people of Guam. We are U.S. citizens and value our connection
with our mother country as strongly as any citizen in any of the fifty states.
Guam, the largest island in the Marianas chain and the largest of the
2,000 islands in Micronesia, is the westernmost territory of the United
States. Located 13 degrees north latitude - 144 degrees east longitude,
it is about 30 miles long and varies in points from 4 to 9 miles in
width. With a total land area of 212 square miles, the island of Guam
is about half the size of Hong Kong, roughly the size of Singapore and
nearly 3 times the size of the District of Columbia. Guam is 9,500
miles from Washington D.C. and 3,500 miles from Honolulu.
The island's geographic location greatly contributes to the diversity
of its people. The 150,000 people who reside on Guam come from all
parts of Asia and the Pacific. In addition to Guam's indigenous
Chamorros, who comprise 47 percent of the population, large numbers of
"statesiders", Filipinos, Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans constitute the
bulk of the island's population. There are also substantial numbers of
Micronesian islanders from nearby islands with several thousand
Vietnamese and East Indians. This makes Guam one of the most
cosmopolitan communities in the Western Pacific.
For a community of 150,000, Guam is a highly developed island primarily
due to its visitor industry. The island's more than 1 million annual
visitors are serviced by a dozen major airlines including familiar
carriers such as Continental Micronesia, Northwest Airlines, Japan
Airlines, Al Nippon Airways, Korean Airlines, and Asiana Airways. Guam
is the major hub for Continental Micronesia. Daily flights depart the
Guam International Airport to major international destinations
including Honolulu, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Seoul, Taipei, Hong
Kong, Bali, Palau, Saipan, Pohnpei, Kosrae, Yap, and Majuro. Many
international hotels are also conveniently located throughout the
island. Financial transactions are made convenient by the presence of
both American and Asian banking and financial institutions.
Maybe you are thinking of Wake (a much smaller place). The U.S.
military and Guam have a long relationship certainly pre-dating World
War II. Where better to continue to build, and imporive a forward
outpost which can service our various military commands in the Pacific
arena? Our deep water ports, and already established (U.S. Navy built)
shipyards are a viable alternatives to servicing our ships on foreign
soil. If we are the first to take a nuke for the rest of the nation -
so be it, but our strategic location makes us invaluable to U.S.
interests in this part of the world.
Bob Johns
Guam U.S.A.
At01:05 PM 9/16/2000 -0700, Donald Park wrote the following message:
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>WND Forwarded Post:
> How odd? We let ourselves get kicked out of Subic Bay and now consider
>sinking billions to bring this sand spit of an island up to speed. On the
>way to So Korea we landed there and just about all on board had the feeling
>the jet would overshoot the landing strip and end up in the Pacific. All it
>would take to blow us off this tiny island would be one or two nukes; small
>ones at that. Japan did a good job shooting up the island during WW II.
>Chinese missils, if they can reach LA would make short work of this place.
>
>Lead Story....SNIP
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