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The capture of Guam was a bloodless event between the United States and Spain during the Spanish-American War. Combatants United States Republic of Cuba First Philippine Republic Spain Commanders William R. Shafter George Dewey Máximo Gómez Emilio Aguinaldo Patricio Montojo Pascual Cervera Casualties 379 U.S. dead; considerably higher although undetermined Cuban and Filipino casualties Unknown[1] The Spanish-American War took place in 1898 and...
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Henry Glass (1844–September 1, 1908) was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, best remembered for his role in the bloodless Battle of Guam in the Spanish-American War. ...
The Battle of Manila Bay took place on 1 May 1898 during the Spanish-American War. ...
Combatants United States Spain Commanders Wesley Merritt George Dewey Fermin Juadenes Strength 10,700 U.S. soldiers 10,000 Filipinos 15,000 Casualties 122 150 The Battle of Manila was the land battle between the United States and Spain during the Spanish-American War, not to be confused with the...
Combatants United States Republic of Cuba First Philippine Republic Spain Commanders William R. Shafter George Dewey Máximo Gómez Emilio Aguinaldo Patricio Montojo Pascual Cervera Casualties 379 U.S. dead; considerably higher although undetermined Cuban and Filipino casualties Unknown[1] The Spanish-American War took place in 1898 and...
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Guam had been under Spanish control since 1668. The last message the Spanish authorities on Guam had received from Spain was dated April 14, 1898, a month before war was declared. Henry Glass, captain of the cruiser USS Charleston, was en route to Manila when he opened sealed orders notifying him to proceed to Guam and capture it. April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ...
1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Henry Glass (1844–September 1, 1908) was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, best remembered for his role in the bloodless Battle of Guam in the Spanish-American War. ...
USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, launched in 1992. ...
The second USS Charleston (C-2) was a United States Navy protected cruiser. ...
The City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila), or simply Manila, is the capital of the Philippines. ...
The capture of Guam Glass drilled his untested crew during the voyage to the island. On June 20, Glass arrived off the shore of Guam. He noticed a Japanese ship anchored in the harbor. Charleston fired upon the island from three of its cannons. The barrage apparently did no harm, since a ship flying the Spanish flag soon appeared and the Spanish officer climbed aboard Charleston and asked to borrow some powder from the Americans to return their salute. Glass informed the officer that war had been declared between the two nations and that the officer was a prisoner of war. He then paroled the officer and sent him back to the island with the message to surrender the island. June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ...
Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ...
The Spanish Governor, Juan Marina, responded to Glass saying that Spanish law forbade him to board an American vessel. Glass notified him that an officer would be sent to the island the next day to discuss the surrender terms. The next morning the navigator of Charleston went ashore with a message from Glass regarding the island's surrender. In the meantime, landing parties were formed and also began to row ashore. Because the Spanish had no adequate defenses (the only cannon the American force could locate were four almost antique guns deemed unsafe even for ceremonial purposes [1]) and were without powder for their cannon, Governor Marina surrendered, despite his protests of being attacked without any knowledge of the declaration of war. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a declaration of war against the Empire of Japan on December 8, 1941, one day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. ...
Surrender The same day, the Spanish garrison and Governor Marina marched out and boarded the Charleston. Glass went ashore and raised an American flag over the fortifications. His orders included that the island's forts be destroyed, but Glass decided that they were in such disrepair that he left them as they were. Flag ratio: 7:12; nicknames: Stars and Stripes, Old Glory The flag of the United States of America consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; there is a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing 50 small, white, five-pointed stars...
Aftermath Now that Guam was the United States' first possession in the Pacific Ocean, Glass continued on his way to Manila. The Philippines, Wake Island, and Hawaii were all to become U.S. possessions in the Pacific by the end of the war. Guam remained under U.S. control until briefly captured by the Japanese during World War II. The City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila), or simply Manila, is the capital of the Philippines. ...
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See also The history of Guam involves phases including the early arrival of people known today as the ancient Chamorros, the development of pre-contact society, Spanish colonization, and the present American rule of the island. ...
The battle of Guam was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the island of Guam in the Mariana Islands from 21 July 1944 to 10 August 1944. ...
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