WWII vet visits AAFB, recounts events that led to island liberation on anniversary
Former Marine Pfc. William Mays, a Guam liberation World War II veteran, talks with Marine Master Sgt. Martin Nelson, 242nd Marine Fighter Attack Squadron maintenance chief, during his visit to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 17, 2013. Mays was an amphibious tractor crewman during the battle to take Guam back from Japanese control, which started July 21, 1944, and returned to visit various sites on the island for the 69th anniversary of Liberation Day. (U.S. Air Force photos by Staff Sgt. Melissa B. White/Released)