Busy week as people are starting to come into the Family History Support Office for help with their family history. It is interesting to watch people come in almost always with a statement to the effect, "I just feel this is something I really need to do." And then as they begin to find information the invariable emotional responses to their discoveries. One lady, originally from the Philippines, but raised on Rota, one of the Mariana Islands north of Guam, exclaimed with tears in her eyes when she found her great grandparents whose names she had never known: . . . now I know where I belong. It is really quite moving. As it is not always appropriate to share photos of such things, most of the blog postings are the fun, off-duty activities. But, there is more going on than meets the eye. So much for the disclaimer, here is a sampling of this week's extracurricular activities.
Lots of interesting things available at the local office supplies store!
The Spanish brought water buffalo to Guam in the 1700's. Here they are called "carabao."
Now they are an icon and honored by multiple replicas throughout the island. A sampling.
Three Japanese 140 mm coastal defense guns still stand near the village of Piti. They were never operational as the U.S. forces landed before their installation could be completed.
Entrance to the War in the Pacific Museum, an excellent little museum about the war. This is a Japanese WWII two-man submarine - talk about claustrophobic!
Asan Beach: Grant with sea cucumber and Jeanette swimming. This is where the U.S. forces landed in July 1944 to re-take the island.
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