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Church News

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A letter from Norman Wetther, a pastor from the Bayview Baptist Church. Wetther speaks on the importance on having religious leaders within the Baptist congregation

New Yorker Writer Visits Guam

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C.J. Kahn, a writer for the New Yorker, visited Guam – Kahn focused on the World War II straggler search that involved Bunzo Minagawa and Mushashi Ito

Antigo, The Old Way

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A magazine composed of series of articles written and produced by the students of Agueda Johnston Junior High school. These articles are composed of interviews done by the students, in order to better understand their history and the Antigo way. The…

Personalities of Guam

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This week’s, October 31st, 1964, Personality of the Week is Mrs. Harold W. Ohlke. Mrs. Ohlke was born and raised in London and her parents are Sylvia and Harry Loman. Mrs. Ohlke was in theatre and film, having been in musicals and movies. Mrs. Ohlke…

Official Farewell

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OFFICIAL FAREWELL – Japanese government officials who were in Guam to help direct the search for stragglers reported here pay a courtesy call on Acting Governor Denver Dickerson before their departure. Left to right are: Gonzo Hiroshi, head of the…

Japanese Wind Up Straggler Search Photo 2

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LAST RITES – Heads bowed, members of the Japanese government team which has been searching for stragglers wait for fire to consume the bones of Japanese troops who died on the island. The funeral ceremony took place on the beach at Lujana. Left to…

Japanese Wind Up Straggler Search Photo 1

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THEY DIED HERE – In a cave at the base of the cliff in the Lujana area, Bunzo Minagawa (l) and Gonzo Hiroishi (r) collect the shattered bones of former Japanese soldiers who were killed in mop-op operations after the American invasion

Japanese Wind Up Straggler Search

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Gonzo Hiroishi, leader of the Japanese Straggler investigative team, has said their time has ran out in search of a reported straggler seen on Route 3. Before Hiroishi left, the remains of his former comrades were cremated in the Lujuna beach area