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How Well Do You Know the Installations We Support? Andersen AFB, Guam
Named in honor of Brig. Gen. James Roy Andersen, who died in a B-24 Liberator crash while en route to Hawaii.
Guam was attacked by Japan three hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The U.S. surrendered the is- land three days later.
U.S. Marines liberated Guam in 1944. Most Japanese troops were killed. The few that survived hid and con- ducted guerrilla operations.
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Above, Shoichi Yokoi, the last hold- out in Guam, was found hiding in the jungle in 1972—28 years after the war’s end. Yokoi died in 1997 of a heart attack at the age of 82.
Navy Seabees built Andersen AFB for the new B-29s to bomb Japan. Three days after North Korea invad- ed South Korea in 1950, B-29s from Andersen began bombing targets throughout South Korea.
Andersen-based B-52s began regu- lar bombing missions over Vietnam during the Vietnam War and contin-
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Today, Andersen is one of four overseas bomber forward operating locations.
In September 1996, the 36th Wing pro- vided deployment support to B-52s during their Operation Desert Strike missions over Iraq.
Andersen is home to a Navy helicopter squadron that replenishes ships in the Pacific and Indian oceans.
In 2008, a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, valued at $1.4 billion, crashed on the base, the first crash of a B-2.
FunFact
Andersen AFB is part of Joint Region Marianas, which includes Naval Base Guam on the other end of the island. Joint Region Marianas is one of 12 joint bases created by 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission.
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