Guam (CB 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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C foreword i Korea November 17, 1945 MY DEAR SHIPMATE: Here is your book! Here is the story of your ship during fourteen hectic months of her history. From the crack of the bottle over her bow down to the occupation of Korea you willfind the story within these pages. Rare is the book that does not have criticism, just or unjust. This will not be an exception. It has its faults but I beg of your charity to be kind in your judgments. It was compiled under dwiculties too numerous to mention-and if there be cause for faulqfinding with the completed work there can be nothing but praise for the men who worked so hard and long to make its publication possible. Within these pages you will find the threads of two thousand diferent stories, for each ojficer and man will recall, as he thumbs the pages, his own secret, individual experience and recollection. The threads of a tapestry are here-weave them as you will. In all justice, credit for this book must go to the following ofhcers and enlisted men, first and foremost to Lester LaBove, Y3c, USNR, who labored far into many a night on cutting, editing, research and typing, to Lieutenant Commander E. E. Rogers, USNR, who tirelessly gathered picture material, names and dates, titles and subtitles, to Lieutenant J. B. Kubish, USNR, and Lieutenant R. G. Collier, USNR, for handling so well the thankless job of business managers, to F. N. Fuller, Enlisted News Correspondent, for his text and choice bits of writing throughout the book, to Chief Photographefs lllate A. L. Labendz, USN , for his constantly cheerful and ever ejicient work of photographing, printing and developingg to these men primarily and to others in a lesser degree must go the thanks for this volume. To the GUAM and her 0fjllC9TS and men who fought in a long and arduous cam- paign-and may Cod keep you always in the hollow of His hand. WALTER A. NIAHLER Commander, ChC, USN Editor

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25 August , l9l-tl-+ Leland Lovette , Oapt . ding Officer, Gomnan U.S.S. NAM, Sir:- U.5. Navy, the peonle of Guam, U.S.A., we, the undersigned, Ca tain, Officers, and Crew In behalf of up tulate amd. salute the p have the honor to congra of the USS GUAM. ittlng and proper that we, of Guam, 'lation It would be no more than f take advantage of this opportunity to express our heartfelt app' ec of the kind thoughtfulness of our Chief Executive in naming a Cruiser GUAM , and of the good-will ambassadors who, in informing us in Guam of the happy tidings that on September 15. l9l-U-P, our floating fighter win become a fact, have enabled us to at least extend our most jubilant gratitude nths we were under the iron heel tribute d of thirty-two mo it our duty to con d ' For a perio of an unscrupulous enemy. We in Guam consider our all in a common cause - the extermination of the enemies of Freedom an f us md all we have left we consider not only a sacred in service. With a population more are Security. All o national duty but a great honor to pledge of only 23,000 souls we have over 1,000 in the naval service and many than willing to serve in any branch of Uncle Sam' s fighting able and are more O in forces. we of Nas' USS GUAM! d honor of serving Guam USB, request the pride an 6 we prey that in the the Our faith in the Lord strengthens us an . ., and Right, the USS GUAM with Captain, Officers, and God and Country that our strong common crusade of Justice Crew, perform such signal service for bond become further strenghened in our national history. reet, we salute We thank, we g and God bles all. H f eewhatfs 0 lll 3 Name 0. . 0 ?9, On August 2 wal'-Wea ' with the .la ry shoulders, a represenptzitllx lgfgurrecilgtli blasted from their e I f paused in th h C Process f . . l 0 feblllldlng their lpeop 6 O G war-torn Island t uam O Stage a omg Y Cerem beach befm-e St:gligZ'.ceremonY Staged in 3 m k ship soon to be upped palms-to wr. a e-shnft hum and commlssioned at a Na 1221 letter to the Sk, 011 the VV ard in a - ' PPCr of 3 CltV named P , h l delphia in the land of Amerir v .a. A land the lnvcd A I h f na. been th - I ell' 5 ' wh h alvatlon from slaver y - am - . .Y and ultimatp extin tn w lch had . ' C lon-3 land lc sought t h the USS GUAM. Onor thelr alleglance by namm S a mighty new Sh. 'P The USS GU AM . in be liberated-tzgd ,the lslend of Guam-5 . re s destmy in 3 name rat Umted States territory