A radioman at Pearl Harbor adjusted his earphones, tapped out "Go ahead." The first message came in: "This news is from Radio Guam. Nothing heard from you since 1941. Greetings."
Thus last week the liberated area of Guam signalized its return to U.S. possession. Two days later. Major General Roy S. Geiger, commanding the Amphibious III Corps, added formality to fact by running up the Stars & Stripes at his headquarters on the island 3,800 miles west of Pearl Harbor, proclaiming U.S. military government in effect.
The Japs had made plenty of mistakes in planning the defense of Guam. The Marine...
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