The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #60568   Message #985249
Posted By: GUEST
17-Jul-03 - 11:54 AM
Thread Name: News From Guam
Subject: RE: News From Guam
Discovery Day is another big holiday, I recall. The day when Magellan 'discovered' the island in 1521. April something or other. Can't recall the name of the really cool little cove where Magellan weighed anchor...the one with the rock lookout thing built on the hook of land at its high point. Worth checking out and getting some pictures of. You can photograph the whole bay where Magellan anchored in one frame. Postcard photo.

I had to do some radio work when I was there, and FCC rules applied...only English could be spoken on certain frequencies. One guy I worked with would go ballistic when he'd hear Chamorro being spoken, and one time he jumped on the radio and told the sender to speak English. Told him in Chamorro. lol.

When I related this story to an old-timer on the island he said as a boy he watched how the Japanese dealt with such issues. If you spoke English during they Jap occupation, they cut your head off on the spot. Yes, they were rather happy when the Americans returned.