Category Archives: Geography

Guam 2015: Where in the World is Guam, Anyway?

That’s what my Mom asked me one day way back in 1968 when I informed my parents that my current girlfriend, a girl from Guam I had met at work the year before, and I were getting pretty serious regarding … Continue reading

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Hawaii 2015: The Honolulu Memorial and the War in the Marianas

This is the second of two postings on the lessons in history and geography we learned from studying the mosaic galleries in the Honolulu Memorial at Punchbowl Cemetery (See here for my first posting in the series). The focus here … Continue reading

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Hawaii 2015: The Honolulu Memorial and the War in the Pacific

We received lessons in history and geography last January when we visited the mosaic galleries at the Honolulu Memorial in Punchbowl Cemetery. This posting will cover the Allied military operations against Japan from December 1941 through February 1944.

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