What happens
Pablo, Jose and a priest in the Guamanian capital of Agana talk about whether the Chamorro people will ever be granted American citizenship. Their conversation moves back over the island's history, from Spanish rule and the Japanese invasion and occupation during the war to the American base-building that followed. The story follows the people through hunger and forced labor, then through the arrival of American forces, the building of new airfields and harbors, and the slow reconstruction of their homes. Their questions about citizenship and a voice in their own government remain open as the episode ends. This is part of The Pacific Story, a documentary-style radio series first broadcast on the National Broadcasting Company, and the episode aired on November 24, 1946.
Guam, in the Pacific, at Agana, and at the surrounding villages, hills and harbors during and after the Second World War
Characters: Pablo, Jose, Charlie, Opera
Listen for: The Chamorro characters repeatedly asking whether the people of Guam will ever be made American citizens and given a voice in their government
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.