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Article: Bracing for next wave: Residents of Guam nervously await a planned influx of thousands of American troops, unsure if it bodes well or ill for this tiny, strategically located U.S. territory in the Pacific.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- June 18, 2007
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Byline: Kirsten Scharnberg
Jun. 18--AGANA, Guam -- There is no better view in Guam than the one from atop the air traffic control tower at Andersen Air Force Base on this island's northern shore. The Pacific Ocean stretches endlessly. The mountains with their lush foliage jut into the turquoise sky. When bad weather rolls in, it often can be spotted from here before anywhere else.
There is a storm, of sorts, coming to this speck of an island in the West Pacific.
Over the next decade, the Pentagon plans to shift at least 8,000 Marines here from Okinawa, Japan, boosting the permanent U.S. military presence on Guam to levels unseen since World War ...