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Guam was ceded to the US by Spain in 1898. Captured by the Japanese in 1941, it was retaken by the US three years later. The military installation on the island is one of the most strategically important US bases in the Pacific.
National bird
" flightless guam rail, ko'ko' , Rallus owstoni"

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; New Zealand Birds

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Guam, Territory of Guam, Guahan

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