The Guam buildup would add nearly fifty percent to the island’s population

Evidence

The island thus became the centerpiece of the most significant transformation in the structure of U.S. forces in Asia since at least the departure from the Philippines and perhaps since the end of the war in Vietnam. Planners anticipated nearly eighty thousand people, including almost twenty thousand construction workers, moving to Guam in a four-year period. Since Guam’s entire population is only around 160,000, that would mean an almost 50 percent population increase. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 244

Categorization

• XREF: Relates to the Okinawa-to-Guam relocation pattern described earlier in the book; continued problems follow the troops.