. "horizontal"@en . . "Ground force commanders at Guam"@en . . . . . . . . "Naval commanders for Operation Forager II"@en . . . . . . "240"^^ . "Guam (1944) order of battle"@en . . . . . . . . . "3"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Adm. Chester W. Nimitz"@en . . . "Lt. Gen. Hideyoshi Obata"@en . . . "Maj. Gen. Andrew D. Bruce, USA"@en . . . . "Japanese commanders on Guam"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Lemuel C. Shepherd as Commandant of the Marine Corps"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "Planning the invasion of Guam"@en . . . . . . "Adm_Chester_Nimitz-1942.jpg"@en . . . . . . . "Takeshi_Takashina.jpg"@en . . . . . "Noble_AH.jpg"@en . . "A.D. Bruce in uniform.jpg"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "Allen_H._Turnage.jpg"@en . . "Holland-smith-USA-P-Marianas-p194.jpg"@en . . . . . . "R_K_Turner2-Feb44.jpg"@en . . . . "19420"^^ . . . . "Lemuel_Cornick_Shepherd_mlajsi.jpg"@en . . "120"^^ . . "Rear Adm. Richmond Kelly Turner"@en . . "Ray_Spruance.jpg"@en . . "On 21 July 1944, United States Marine and Army forces invaded the island of Guam, the southernmost of the Mariana Islands chain in the Central Pacific, with the intent to take control of the island from the Imperial Japanese Army. Operation Forager II, as it was called by American planners, was a phase of the Pacific Theatre of World War II. The Guam landings had been tentatively set for 18 June but a large Japanese carrier attack and stubborn resistance by the unexpectedly large Japanese garrison on Saipan led to the invasion of Guam being postponed for a month. The island was declared secure on 10 August 1944."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "Maj. Gen. Allen H. Turnage"@en . . . . . . . . "III Marine Amphibious Corps commander, Maj. Gen. Roy S. Geiger; his chief of staff, Col. Merwin H. Silverthorn; and Corps Artillery commander, Brig. Gen. Pedro A. del Valle"@en . "1106655847"^^ . . "Alfred H. Noble as a major general"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "VADM_Richard_L._Conolly.jpg"@en . . . . "63295632"^^ . "Lieut. Gen. Holland M. Smith, USMC"@en . . . "Roy_Geiger.jpg"@en . . . "Vice Adm. Raymond A. Spruance"@en . "Lt. Gen. Takeshi Takashina"@en . "160"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Maj. Gen. Roy S. Geiger, USMC"@en . . . . . "Southern sector commanders"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Vice Adm. Richard L. Conolly"@en . . . . . . . . "Hideyoshi_Obata.jpg"@en . . "GeigerUSMC-2_Guam-p6b.jpg"@en . . "On 21 July 1944, United States Marine and Army forces invaded the island of Guam, the southernmost of the Mariana Islands chain in the Central Pacific, with the intent to take control of the island from the Imperial Japanese Army. Operation Forager II, as it was called by American planners, was a phase of the Pacific Theatre of World War II. The Guam landings had been tentatively set for 18 June but a large Japanese carrier attack and stubborn resistance by the unexpectedly large Japanese garrison on Saipan led to the invasion of Guam being postponed for a month."@en . . "145"^^ . . . . . . .