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Guam is an island in the western Pacific Ocean and is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States

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Guam is the Western most point in the United States, it is about 5000 miles from the Oregon/Washington coast and much closer to Japan and Australia than it is too the U.S.

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The US claimed it for some reason and now they are using it for naval forces or something. I say it's kind of a good thing because people from Guam are already US citizens.

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