We were stationed there in 1968 while the Viet Nam war was still going on. The entire island is only 30 miles long and 8 miles wide at its widest point! The Air Force base, Anderson AFB is on the northern point. I remember many trips by bus to the beach passing B52's all lined up, engines running and setting up to bomb the Viet Cong. I hear Guam is called the "poor man's Hawaii". Many fond memories, I'd hate to see it get hit.
Much attention focused on Guam. Couldn’t they just as easily strike Alaska? Oil...