70 Years ago – The Invasion of Guam
In the spring of 1944, Commander J.B. Cooke was stationed in Miami at the Seventh Naval District’s Headquarters. He provided radio addresses and public relations for the war effort (as seen below) and at some point also partook in the planning of the recapturing of Guam, as he had been the 2nd ranking naval officer in Guam in the 1930s.
While he was a part of the US invasion force to retake Guam, he wrote his wife daily notes / letters saying what he could and documenting his condition. Some time afterwards, he retyped these missives and edited some parts of it. What follows will be daily dispatches from 15 July through 16 August.
JB making a war time radio broadcast on WQAM radio station (AM 560)
JB and other officials making a public broadcast event with an alleged captured Japanese sub on WIOD (AM 610) in Miami