Preceding the parades there were brief memorial services in front of Elbridge Elementary School and Veterans Memorial Park in Jordan.

Jordan King is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her current focus is on religion, health, food safety and population. She has covered the persecution of religions in the global south, ...

Guam has scheduled memorials and celebratory events this month to mark the 81st anniversary of the island’s liberation by U.S. military forces from Japanese occupation during World War II.