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“COMMEMORATING GUAM WAR SURVIVOR REMEMBRANCE DAY” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E906 on June 25, 2018.
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COMMEMORATING GUAM WAR SURVIVOR REMEMBRANCE DAY
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HON. MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO
of guam
in the house of representatives
Monday, June 25, 2018
Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the people of Guam who endured 32 months of horrific enemy occupation during World War II. Today on Guam, our community is commemorating War Survivor Remembrance Day to honor their patriotism and unwavering loyalty to the United States. The residents of Guam suffered unspeakable harm as a result of our island's occupation by Imperial Japanese military forces during World War II. Guam was the only U.S. territory with a permanent civilian population occupied during World War II, and many of our people were subjected to death and the atrocities of war including forced labor and internment.
Mr. Speaker, it is appropriate that our nation recognize the residents of Guam for their steadfast loyalty to the United States of America, as demonstrated by the countless acts of courage they performed despite the threat of death or great bodily harm they faced at the hands of the enemy forces that occupied Guam during World War II.
Today, I extend my gratitude to the members of our greatest generation in recognition of War Survivor Remembrance Day. I join the people of Guam and all Americans in honoring the lives of all of Guam's war survivors, and the memory of those who we lost during the occupation. The courage and resiliency of our Guam's war survivors continues to live on in the legacy of our people.
I am especially mindful that as our community celebrates War Survivor Remembrance Day, the Guam War Claims Program has reached a new milestone, and applications for claims are under review by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission at the U.S. Department of Justice.
Passing the Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act was a commitment I made to the people of Guam and an initiative that I and our community persisted in advocating for despite the challenges we faced. Working to secure passage of war claims alongside many of our local organizations on Guam, as well as with policymakers and officials in the Bush, Obama, and now Trump Administrations, ensured that the law is implemented as intended.
I commend all the work of my predecessors, former Congressmen Antonio Won Pat, Ben Blaz, and Robert Underwood, as well as the members of the Guam War Claims Review Commission, who laid the groundwork for our success.
This was a positive accomplishment for Guam, and it gives our elders
(nanamko) recognition for what they endured during the occupation as a result of their loyalty and patriotism to the United States. Again with the people of Guam and a grateful nation, I extend a sincere thank you and thank you very much (Un Dangkolo na si Yu'os Ma'ase) to all of Guam's War Survivors.
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