Japan’s wartime occupation imprisoned thousands of Chamorros in camps.

Evidence

The Japanese government changed the island’s name to Omiya Jima, introduced the yen, and forced Chamorros to learn Japanese. “You must bow to us” became the law; violence became the means of enforcement. The Japanese military put as many as twenty thousand Chamorros into concentration camps. There was rape, sexual slavery, and other forced labor. Hundreds were killed by machine gun, grenade, and sword. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 238

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