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Guam - On July 21 1944 the United States switched its attack on the Marianas to Guam, at the southern end of the island chain. The marine general Roy Geiger, commander of the new III
Amphibious Corps, sent the 3rd Marine Division ashore north of Apra Harbor, while the 1st Brigade and the 77th Infantry Division attacked south of Apra. Both assaults struck the west side of
the island, the same place as the Japanese conquest of Guam on December 10, 1941. Guam was defended by some 19,000 troops under General Takeshi Takashina. The southern beachhead had been
pressed inland a mile by nightfall of the first day. But it took the 3rd Marine Division in the north four days of the hardest fighting on the island to push a mile inland and link up the two
beach heads. On the night of July 25-26, the Japanese mounted fierce counterattacks, which were beaten back only by narrow margins. The 1st Brigade then completed the mop up of Orote Peninsula
between the two landing beaches. Meanwhile, on July 31, the 3rd Marine and the 77th Infantry divisions, left to right abreast, struck northeast. A week later the 1st Brigade came into the line
and on the left, adding an impetus to an already steady advance. On August 10, the assault reached the northern tip of the island, returning Guam to US control. The re-conquest cost 7,800
American casualties -- 6,716 marines, 839 40 soldiers, and 245 sailors, including 1,023 dead.
Photo - Marines plant flag on Guam (Wikipedia)
Map - Battle of Guam 21 July - 10 August 1944 (Wikipedia)
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The prefabricated island structure for Guam (LPH-9) is lowered into place in November 1964, at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA.
Photo from the "Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine", 29 November 1964 |
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Guam (LPH-9) under construction in Drydock #5 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA., 22 August 1964. |
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Christening and launching of Guam (LPH-9) at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA., 9 November 1964. The ship's sponsor was
was Mrs. Vaughn H. Emory Green.
U.S. Navy photos |
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USS Guam (LPH-9) underway , 2 June 1966, location unknown.
US Navy photo. |
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USS Guam (LPH-9) Gemini XI Recovery Patch. |
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USS Guam (LPH-9) during the Gemini 11 recovery operation, September 1966.
SH-3A Sea King Helicopters from HS-3 "Tridents." on the flight deck, the recovery helo was BuNo 152134, modex AU63.
Photo from the collection of Don Blair, submitted by Bob Fish (Trustee, USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum) |
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USS Guam (LPH-9) underway , date and location unknown. |
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USS Guam (LPH-9) underway , date and location unknown. |
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USS Guam (LPH-9) underway , date and location unknown. |
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USS Guam (LPH-9) refueling from a tanker in the Caribbean Sea, March 1967. |
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A Sikorsky UH-34D Seahorse helicopters of Marine Medium Helicopter Transport Squadron
162 (HMM-162) approaches USS Guam (LPH-9). Guam was assigned to Task Group 44.9 in the Caribbean Sea from December 1966 to 6 May 1967.
U.S. Navy photo from the USS Guam (LPH-9) 1966-1967 cruise book |
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USS Guam (LPH-9) underway in 1967, location unknown.
US Navy photo. |
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USS Guam (LPH-9) at anchor, date and location unknown. |
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USS Guam (LPH-9) underway with the assistance of a tug, date and location unknown. |
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USS Guam (LPH-9) moored at Naval Station Norfolk, 15 June 1974. |
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A World War Two era F4-U Corsair fighter plane is lifted from the flight deck of USS Guam (LPH-9) docked at Philadelphia
Naval Shipyard in July, 1976. This plane, and others of similar vintage, were placed aboard the decommissioned
USS Intrepid (CVS-11) in New York harbor for the Naval Bicentennial celebration which began 4 July 1976.
"Philadelphia Evening Bulletin", George D. McDowell Collection,Photo No P558096B |
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USS Guam (LPH 9) and USS Trenton (LPD 14) off Barcelona, Spain, the afternoon of 16 January 1977. |
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USS Guam (LPH-9), at Barcelona, Spain. Aerial view, starboard quarter, 23 January 1977, Guam deployed with Marine Composite Helicopter Squadron HMM-264(C), tail code "EH." Parked on the flight deck are CH-46F Sea Knights from HMM-264 "Black Knights," CH-53D Sea Stallions from the HMH Detachment, and a single UH-1N Iroquois from the HML Detachment. |
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USS Guam (LPH-9), at Barcelona, Spain, 30 January 1977. Port quarter view. Showing the two BPDMS launchers, one forward of the island and the other one on the port quarter, with twin 3"/50 gun mounts on the starboard quarter (and another one just forward of the island, not visible here). |
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USS Guam (LPH-9), at Barcelona, Spain, 1 February 1977. Broadside view shows the port elevator in the unfolded position, with hangar doors shut, and radome abaft the island, housing an SPN-35 blind-approach radar. |
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In the early hours 17 January 1977, an LCM(6) from the USS Trenton (LSD-14), carrying Guam (LPH-9) and Trenton sailors and marines back from shore leave, collided with a merchant vessel which was entering the port, and capsized. Forty-nine servicemen were killed in the accident. Shortly afterwards a small monument was erected nearby. The memorial reads;
"In memory of the members of the US Navy and US Marine Corps serving on the USS Guam and the USS Trenton who perished in this port on 17 January 1977, and in gratitude to the citizens, officials and rescue teams of Barcelona for their cooperation with the US Forces".
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USS Guam (LPH-9) moored pierside at NOB Norfolk, VA., July 1978. |
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USS Guam (LPH-9) underway off the coast of Lebanon during flight operations in 1982.
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USS Guam (LPH-9) underway, date and location unknown. |
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A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter (fore) and a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter (aft) on the flight deck of USS Guam (LPH-9) underway off the coast of Lebanon during flight operations in 1982.
Department of Defense photo # DM-ST-84-07366 BEIRUT, LEBANON 15 November 1983 a US Marine Corps photo by GYSGT Lucas now in the collections of DefenseImagry.mil |
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CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters and an AH-1J Sea Cobra helicopter are parked on the forward flight deck of USS Guam (LPH-9) underway off the coast of Lebanon during flight operations in 1982.
Department of Defense photo # DM-ST-84-07371 BEIRUT, LEBANON 15 November 1983 a US Marine Corps photo by GYSGT Lucas now in the collections of DefenseImagry.mil |
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A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter of the "Chargers", Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Six (HC-6), Detachment 3, delivers supplies to USS Guam (LPH-9) underway off the coast of Lebanon during a vertical replenishment (VERTREP) in 1982.
Department of Defense photo # DN-ST-85-08034 BEIRUT, LEBANON 1 March 1984 a US Navy photo by PHC Chet King now in the collections of DefenseImagry.mil |
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USS Guam (LPH-9) moored pierside at Marseille, France, date unknown. |
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A U.S. Navy Sikorsky RH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter preparing to take off from the flight deck of USS Guam (LPH-9) during flight operations
off Beirut, Lebanon, 1 April 1983. The ship was providing support to the U.S. Marines deployed in Lebanon as part of a multinational peacekeeping force following confrontation between
Israeli forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization.
U.S. DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: DM-SC-87-12101 |
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USS Guam (LPH-9) underway off Grenada, circa October to November 1983. |
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A mixed group of assault helicopters including a Sikorsky RH-53 Sea Stallion, a Boeing-Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight and two Bell UH-1N Iroquois on the flight deck of USS Guam (LPH-9), while lying off Grenada, in October 1983.
USN photo. |
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View of USS Guam (LPH-9)'s portside elevator while under repair at Old Dominion Shipyard, Norfolk, VA. in 1987.
Courtesy Ray D. Beans Collection. |
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USS Guam (LPH-9) flight deck crewmen removing tie-down chains from a Bell UH-1N Iroquois (BuNo 158230) "Twin Huey" helicopter, 6 August 1987.
UH-1N (159230) was converted to an HH-1N and finally retired to the AMARC ( Aircraft Maintenance And Regeneration Center) as 7H0235, 15 April 1993.
U.S. DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: DN-SC-88-00944, a US Navy photo by PH3 Cleveland |
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USS Guam (LPH-9) cuts through the waters of the
Atlantic Ocean en route to the Mediterranean Sea for a six month deployment, 10 October 1997. Guam and George Washington Battle Group were transiting the Atlantic Ocean to relieve the John F. Kennedy Battle Group.
US Navy photo #971010-N-0210C-003 by PH2 (AC) Robert Catalano. |
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USS Guam (LPH-9) at anchor in the harbor at Genoa, Italy, date unknown. |
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USS Guam (LPH-9) underway , date and location unknown.
US Navy photo by Kris White from "All Hands" magazine, February 1998. |
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USS Guam (LPH-9) underway with three Marine Corps AV-8A Harrier
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US Navy photo. |
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USS Guam (LPH-9) underway, date and location unknown. |
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