Editor’s note: This story was originally published on July 21, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. World War II had dragged on for five years when U.S.

FILE - This undated photo provided on June 6, 2019, by the Office of the Governor of Guam shows Guam Gov. Lourdes Leon Guerrero. (Office of the Governor of Guam via AP, File) TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — ...

The coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB) invasion, first detected in 2007, has been checked by the determined efforts of UOG scientists, Guam Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of ...

A World War II battlefield frozen in time is hidden off the island of Guam, and a team of researchers has set out to find it and document what remains after 79 years on the Pacific Ocean floor. This ...

Nearly 80 years ago, American forces launched a successful invasion of Guam. The island had fallen into Imperial Japanese control in 1941, just one day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and as the ...

Ready or not: In a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, the U.S. Naval Base in Guam, shown above, would likely be the first target. Credit: Jeffrey Landis While much of the world is focused on Donald Trump’s ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan this week is hosting the governor of Guam, the U.S. Pacific territory that would almost certainly be a key player in any Chinese military moves against Taiwan. Lourdes A.