The village of Yona pays their respects at the Mañenggon and Asinan Memorials

A Chamoru cultural blessing is performed during the Asinan Memorial ceremony at Pago Bay Bridge in Yona, Guam on July 3, 2022. Guam was liberated on July 21, 1944, which ended the Japanese occupation that had begun in 1941. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Breanna Christopher Volkmar)

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The village of Yona pays their respects at the Mañenggon and Asinan Memorials

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Peter Choi, commander of the 36th Civil Engineer Squadron, and Chief Master Sgt. Keval Smith, senior enlisted leader of the 36 CES, watch a fountain ceremony being performed during the Mañenggon Memorial ceremony at the Mañenggon Valley in Yona on July 3, 2022. Choi and Smith are in attendance of the ceremony as representatives for the sister village sister squadron program, which pairs military units with local villages to foster and develop a program of mutual sharing and understanding between the people of Guam and military personnel and their families. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Breanna Christopher Volkmar)

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The village of Yona pays their respects at the Mañenggon and Asinan Memorials

Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero of Guam, pours water from the Mañenggon River into a fountain along with World War II survivors during the Mañenggon Memorial ceremony at the Mañenggon Valley in Yona on July 3, 2022. The largest and most well known concentration camp is the Mañenggon Camp located south of the main village along the Ylig and Mañenggon Rivers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Breanna Christopher Volkmar)

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The village of Yona pays their respects at the Mañenggon and Asinan Memorials

Hannah Gutierrez Arroyo, granddaughter of a World War II survivor, reads recollections of her mother and grandmother during the Mañenggon Memorial ceremony at the Mañenggon Valley in Yona on July 3, 2022. Guam was liberated on July 21, 1944, which ended the Japanese occupation that had begun in 1941. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Breanna Christopher Volkmar)

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The village of Yona pays their respects at the Mañenggon and Asinan Memorials

A Chamoru cultural blessing is performed during the Mañenggon Memorial ceremony at the Mañenggon Valley in Yona on July 3, 2022. The largest and most well known concentration camp is the Mañenggon Camp located south of the main village along the Ylig and Mañenggon Rivers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Breanna Christopher Volkmar)

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The village of Yona pays their respects at the Mañenggon and Asinan Memorials

Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero of Guam, speaks during the Asinan Memorial Ceremony at the Pago Bay Bridge in Yona, Guam on July 3, 2022. Guam was liberated on July 21, 1944, which ended the Japanese occupation that had begun in 1941. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Breanna Christopher Volkmar)

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The village of Yona pays their respects at the Mañenggon and Asinan Memorials

William A. Quenga, Mayor of Yona, Guam, speaks during the Asinan Memorial Ceremony at the Pago Bay Bridge in Yona, Guam on July 3, 2022. Guam was liberated on July 21, 1944, which ended the Japanese occupation that had begun in 1941. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Breanna Christopher Volkmar)

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The village of Yona pays their respects at the Mañenggon and Asinan Memorials

Published July 8, 2022
By Airman 1st Class Breanna Christopher Volkmar
36th Wing Public Affairs

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- A Chamoru cultural blessing is performed during the Asinan Memorial ceremony at Pago Bay Bridge in Yona, Guam on July 3, 2022. Guam was liberated on July 21, 1944, which ended the Japanese occupation that had begun in 1941. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Breanna Christopher Volkmar)