Dee Flint wrote:
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There's also the story of "The Ghost of Guam".

73 de Jim, N2EY


Where can I read that story? Or perhaps you could summarize here?

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE

W/O George Tweed, USN, RM1c. Also KB6GJX. He was left behind on Guam
and
eluded capture by the Japanese for 31 months, until the island was
retaken by
American forces.

He was aided and kept from capture by the efforts of the Chamoru
(Guamanians),
who hid him, kept him supplied, and would not give him up despite large
rewards
offered by the Japanese occupiers. The Japanese tortured and executed
many
Chamoru inhabitants, including a Roman Catholic priest, on the
suspicion that they
had information on Tweed. But the they never gave Tweed up.

One version of the story may be read and seen in the book and film "No
Man Is An Island".

I have read that Tweed is not fondly remembered on Guam. Postwar
accounts
tended to portray him as a lone heroic figure, and to downplay or even
ignore
the terrible price paid by those who helped him.

The radio connection to all this is that while Tweed was hiding from
the Japanese,
he built and operated several receivers, and was able to give the
Chamoru
accurate war news. He even wrote a small newspaper to circulate the
news.

73 de Jim, N2EY