The Japanese put ashore approximately 400 men from Saipan’s 5th Defense Force at Dungcas Beach early on 10 December. They attacked and quickly defeated the Insular Force Guard in Agana. The following day, Japanese attacks continued with nine aircraft attacking the island. That morning on Guam, Japanese aircraft from Saipan struck the minesweeper Penguin (AM-33), the largest ship at the island and sent her to the bottom after she shot down at least one Japanese airplane. McMillan, USN, the governor of Guam, was informed about the attack on Pearl Harbor. By September of that year, the plans for an invasion of Guam were completed. By March 1941, the Empire of Japan was already flying photo reconnaissance over the island. The tropical island of Guam with an area of 212 square miles, is 13 degrees north of the equator and nearly 3,300 miles southwest of Hawaii.
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