Crossroads

THIS IS ONE OF THE ROOMS in Nimitz Hill's enlisted men's Barracks 3. This was the one remaining quonset but still being used as a barracks before the typhoon.
MAIN PASSAGEWAY (right) of NavHosp the day after Karen still sheltered a few of the 1,000 people who rode out the storm there.                                         (NavHosp Photo)

COMPETITION has always been strong between the Army and Marines but once they were aboard, the result of their teamwork, especially in the village field kitchens, proved immeasurably helpful to the people of Guam. Army troops arrived on the USNS Sultan and the Marines were flown in from Hawaii.
FIRST ELEMENTS of Mike Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines debark at NAS on their mercy mission to Guam. The men played a major role in the setting up of field kitchens in hard hit villages and were part of the preventive medicine team which admisistered typhoid vaccine to local citizens.     (ComNavMar Photo)

FLAG CIRCLE (left) was once a picturesque and beautiful tropic compound for the housing of senior officers.
Following Karen (right) the homes are a shambles and the landscaping is a conglomeration of metal, wood and stone wreckage.     (ComNavMar Photos)