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English
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Battlefields to Temple Grounds: Latter-day Saints in Guam and Micronesia
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Provo, UT
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Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University
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"As World War II raged worldwide, the Japanese bombings of Hawai'i, Wake Island, and Guam caused war in the Central Pacific to break out. The islands of Micronesia became strategic battlefields between the Japanese and American forces during the Pacific War, with both sides treating the islands as strategic bases or resources. The US military couterattack deployed waves of military personnel into the region, including many Latter-day Saint servicemen. Battlefields to Temple Grounds features stories of how Latter-day Saints arrived during and after the war, helping rebuild the damaged infrastructure and gradually planting branches of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that spread throughout the islands of Micronesia. Set against the backdrop of the Pacific War, this book proceeds from east to west and then northward, telling the story of the establishment of the Church on Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Kosrae, Pohnpei, Chuuk, Yap, Palau, the Northern Marianas, and Guam. It features firsthand accounts of indigenous members and mission leaders, concluding with stories of the missions, stakes, and temples." [From back of book]
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Beacheads in Micronesia
Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History
Fiji, Micronesia-Guam, and Other Non-Polynesian Areas
Founding the LDS Church in Melanesia and Micronesia
History of the Church in Guam
History of the Seminaries and Institutes in Guam and Micronesia
Latter-day Saints in Washington, D.C. : History, People, and Places
Micronesia's Coming of Age : The Mormon Role in Returning Micronesia to Self-Rule
Missionaries Two : Rulon and Jo Burton, Mormon Missionaires to the Islands of the Pacific
Mormons Who Guided Micronesia's Return to Self-Rule
Pioneers in the Pacific : Memory, History, and Cultural Identity among the Latter-day Saint
President Hinckley: The First Prophet and President of the Church to Visit Guam
Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History : The Pacific Isles
Saints at War : Inspiring Stories of Courage and Valor
Taking the Gospel to the Japanese, 1901 to 2001
Unto the Islands of the Sea : A History of the Latter-day Saints in the Pacific
Voyages of Faith : Explorations in Mormon Pacific History