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The National Park Service (NPS) is pleased to I National Park Service (NPS) (Nasionat Paseo Na Setbisiu) announce the launch of a study of the unique natural sumen magof para uma anunsia i tinituhon-ña i inestudian i and cultural resources of the island of Rota (Luta) in naturat yan kutturan guina-han frenkas gi tåno’ Luta gi San Kattan the Commonwealth of the Northern Na Islas Marianas. (CNMI). Ginen i otden I Kongressun Amerika, Estados Unidos yan lokkue’ As directed by the U.S. Congress, at the request of ginen i finaisen i Delagado as Gregorio “Kilili” Camacho Sablan, Representative Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, para uma kondukta inestudia pot asuntun guina-han frenkas gi we are conducting a study of Rota’s prehistoric and hålom tånu’ Luta. Esti na inestudia para uma ebalua kao guaha historic resources and limestone forests. The Rota nasionat na siknifikasion gi lugat anai para uma disik-na kao Special Resource Study will evaluate the national propiu para uma-na’ omlat gi papa’ i aturidat i sisteman Nasionat significance of the area and the suitability and Paseo na Setbisiu yan lai Amerika, Public Law 113-291, Seksiona feasibility of designating the area as a unit of the 3051 Disembre Disi Nuebi, Dos Mit Katotsi (2014). national park system (P.L. 113-291 Section 3051, December 19, 2014). Esti Na Inestudia para u tinaka’ pot lumenus dos osino tres añus na tiempo. I tinituhon-ña para uma chule’ siha infotmasion pot This study will take place over the next two to three guina-han frenkas giya Luta ginen inestudia yan konbetsasion yan years. It will begin with gathering information about inekongñog pupbliku siha. An monhayan esti na inestudia, para Rota’s resources through research and community uma nå’i guatu i kongressun Estados Unidos Amerika ya ginen engagement and will conclude with study findings esti na inestudia siña i kongressun Estados Unidos gumua-ha mas that are transmitted to the U.S. Congress. It will be inadingñan yan i gobietnamentun i san kattan na islas Marianas up to Congress, in collaboration with the CNMI anai para siña gumua-ha aksion yan disision pot esti na inestudia. government, to choose whether to take an action, regardless of the results of the study. Giya hululo’, i Nasionat Paseo Na Setbisiu, sumen malagu’ para u komprendi hafa hinason miyu, i edehun miyu, yan During this early stage, the NPS would like to espesiat menti hafa in desese-ha para Luta ginen esti na asuntu. understand your thoughts, ideas, and wishes for Lokkue’ en kombibida hamyu todos para i mamamai-la’ na Rota’s special places. We invite you to attend public inekongñog pupbliku gi Febreru Dos Mit Dissi Setti anai siña meetings in February 2017 to learn more about this mas in tingño’pot esti na inestudia yan i (NPS) Nasionat Paseo study and the NPS, and to share your thoughts with Na Sistema yan lokkue’ anai siña man na’halom hamyo ede-hu. us. If you cannot attend a meeting in person, you can Yanggen tisi-ña man matto hamyu petsonat menti gi fecha anai ma send us your comments. See page 15 for the schedule seña-la, siñ-a-ha’ lokkue’ muna’hålom hao opinion gi “kompiuta of public meetings and information on how you can online”. (Referia hao guatu gi pahinan sekeyu’ yan inekongñog provide comments. pupbliku para mas infotmasion)

Your thoughts and ideas are important to the study. I hinason miyu yan todos ede-hun miyu impottanti para esti na We look forward to meeting and hearing from you! inestudia.

Si Yu’us Måasse’ Si Yu’us Måasse’

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The National Park Service is a U.S. federal I Nasionat Paseo Na Setbisiu guiya esti unu na ramas agency, charged with managing more than gubietnamentun Federat anai guaha responsapblidat- 400 units of the national park system, ña para u mane-ha pot lumenus mas ki (400) kuattro including national parks, monuments, sentus na Nasionat Paseo, sagan proteksion halom historic sites, and a variety of other tano’, munumentun antigu siha gi halom todudu unit types, in all 50 states, the District I sen kuenta na estados giya Amerika yan Distritu of Columbia, American Samoa, , Kulumbia, Amerikan Samoa, Guahan, , yan Puerto Rico, Saipan, and the Virgin Islands. Virgin Island. I atministrasion pot asuntun paseo Administration of park units occurs in “Parks” bula siha yan difirentis klassen minane-han many ways, from traditional units which are lugat. Pot esu, ginen i Federat solamenti na minane- federally managed, to non-traditional units, ha, yan lokkue’ ginen i Federat yan gubietnamen-tun which rely on partnerships and may have Luta. little, if any, federal landownership. I Nasionat Paseo Na Setbisiu ha embrabrasa The National Park Service preserves i proteksion naturat halom tåno’ yan guina- unimpaired the natural and cultural resources han frenkas yan kottura para i futturun i man and values of the national park system for the mamamai-la’ na hinerasion. I tisorun i tano’ yan enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this i sisteman Amerikano, para uma protehi yan uma and future generations. The treasures in this na’ besti i guina-han nasion yan i estorian nasion. system have been set aside by the American I (NPS) Nasionat Paseo Na Setbisiu hana’ guaha people to protect, preserve, and share our esti i kupurasion yan todos ayu siha na kuetpon nation’s greatest stories. The NPS cooperates oginasasion para uma ekstendi benifisio pot asuntun with partners to extend the benefits of probiniyin naturat guina-han frenkas kottura gi natural and cultural resource conservation halom Estados Unidos yan enterut mundo. and outdoor recreation throughout this country and the world.

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A Special Resource Study Esti i espesiat na inestudian guina-han (SRS) evaluates the eligibility frenkas, guiya esti I para ma ebalua i lugat of an area to be designated as a anai siña para ma disik-na para “Nasionat national park or other special Paseo” (Nasional Park). I Nasionat Paseo designation. The National Park Na Setbisiu, man rekoko-hi kualidat na Service collects information infotmasion guina-han frenkas gi lugat nai about the quality of resources in para ma estudia. Yanggen i lugat elihipble the study area. If the resources sigun gi ginanagao gi areklamentu, I meet the eligibility criteria, the (NPS) siempre ha ebalua lokkue kao NPS will evaluate the potential guaha apresiasion yan minagof ginen for visitor enjoyment and efficient i bisita siha. Yan kao siña ma mane-ha management, and will analyze the maolek anai para u ma analisa haf na feasibility and appropriateness of klassen minane-ha propiu. Ginen esti nai different management options. siña i (NPS) hana’ guaha rekomendasion The NPS provides its findings to guato gi seketarian “Interior” anai the Secretary of the Interior who siña ma presenta guatu gi Kongressun then presents a recommendation Estados Unidos. I para ma disik-na to Congress. New units of the nuebu na Nasionat Paseo yan para ma national park system can only be estapblesi, gaige enao na aturidat gi papa’ "MBHVBO established by an act of Congress Kongressun Amerika, Estados Unidos yan MJNFTUPOF GPSFTU or by Presidential Proclamation. i Proklaman Presidentin Amerika.

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For an area to be recommended I lugat anai siña elihipble ginen as an addition to the national park rekomendasion para u saonao gi system, it must meet all of the sisteman i Nasionat Paseo, debi di u following criteria, established by kompli todos i gaige na ma estapbesi the 1998 National Parks Omnibus gi papa’ i Aktu (1998 Nasionat Paseo Management Act (54 Manehanti, 54 Estados Unidos na Code 100507): lai 1000507)

Ő Contain nationally significant Ő Kao guaha nasionat na natural and/or cultural siknifikasion guina-han frenkas resources. yan kuttura.

Ő Represent a natural or cultural Ő Kao ha represesenta naturat yan resource that is not already kotturan frenkas anai taya’ gi adequately represented in the otro lugat osino tima protetehi national park system or is not gi otro lugat siha na kuetpon comparably represented and Nasionat Paseo. protected for public enjoyment by another land-managing Ő Debi i lugat nahong dinangkulo- ña yan sufisenti figura-ña anai entity. 3FFGUFSSBDFBU"MBHVBO#BZ siña ma protehi i frenkas yan u Ő Must be (1) of sufficient size guaha dibetsion i bisita. Debi and appropriate configuration di u guaha kapasidat anai siña to ensure long-term protection maolek i atministrasion gi papa’ of the resources and visitor i Nasionat Paseo Na Setbisiu enjoyment, and (2) capable ya u båli todos i gastun salåpe’ of efficient administration by Impottanti gi inestudia i asuntun the National Park Service at dueñon tåno’. Kuanto båli gi a reasonable cost; important tano’, i gastu para ma mane-ha, feasibility factors include i chalan, i guinahan frenkas, yan landownership, acquisition lokkue’ i gastun hutnaleru siha. costs, life cycle maintenance costs, access, threats to Ő Direktamenti ginen I manehante the resource, and staff or I (NPS) debi di uma dittimi-na development requirements. klaru kao maolek-ña kino otro siha na planu. Ő Direct NPS management must be determined to be clearly superior to other management approaches. Latte Village

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The NPS study team will evaluate important I (NPS) Nasionat Paseo Na Setbisiu yan todos i membro natural and historic places of Rota based on the siha, para uma ebalua I man impottanti yan naturat yan criteria listed above. If the area is found to meet kutturan frenkas i lugat gi Islan Luta sigun gi ginagagao gi all of the criteria, the study team will consider papa I mam ma lista siha (Criteria) kao elihipble. Kumo I alternative ways that local, CNMI, federal, and lugat ma sodda’ na ha fa’tinas i listan (Criteria) elihipble, private entities can further protect and interpret i membron i (NPS) siempre ma konsidera otro siha na Rota’s important places. These alternatives will cheche’gue-ña anai siña i munisipat, i gobeitnamentun also include the option of continuing current (CNMI) i Federat yan lokkue’ i pupbliku ma abansa mas management of the area (the “no action” proteksion yan intetpitasion para i lugat gi Islan Luta. Ginen alternative). These alternatives will be developed esti na tratamentu siña ha’ lokkue’ ma mane-ha i lugat anai with input from local stakeholders and officials taya’ tinilaika. Esti siha i ma propoponi gi katkuet manera and explore a range of opportunities and anai siña I taotao yan i man ma’gas ma li’e todos i oputunidat management strategies. yan manera i para ma usa-ña i lugat proteksion Nasionat Paseo enteramenti. During the study process, the NPS will explore many topics including: significance of Rota’s Gi durantin I inestudian I (NPS) Nasionat Paseo Na Setbisiu, resources, preservation and recognition of para uma attan lamigai siha na asuntu: I siknifikasion prehistoric and historic sites; interpretation of frenkas Luta gi papa ma probeniyi yan rekoknisasion ginen the Chamorro culture, including the relation of I tiempon antigu, Intetpitasion kutturan Chamorro yan traditional Chamorro life to natural resources; tradision Chamorro yan i frenkas ñiha, I proteksion natibu protection of native limestone forests; and the yan i acho’ yan hålom tåno’ gi hålom kuminidat ñiha. needs of the local community.

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The NPS will only consider management I (NPS) Nasionat Paseo Na Setbisiu eyuha’ solamenti para alternatives that respect and retain the u konsidera yan ha na’i dånkulu na respetu i gobietnamentu authorities of the CNMI government and yan todus i dueñun tåno’. Lokkue’ i (NPS) Nasionat Paseo private property owners. The NPS seeks to work Na Setbisiu, ha pitsisigi para u guaha ina ayuda yan todus collaboratively with local communities and i taotao i sengsong yan i ramas gubietnamentu siha. I agencies. The study team will take into account membron esti na enestudia para u ina todus i dinise-han the desires of private landowners and Rota and dueñun tåno’, residentin taotao Luta yan i manehantin CNMI governmental managers, local land use, gubietnamentu pot asuntun ma usan i tåno’, i kutturan and cultural practices. Since the NPS cannot Chamorro. I (NPS) Nasionat Paseo Na Setbisiu, ha own land in the CNMI, no management options komprendi na tisi-ña gai tåno’ gui’gi halom Luta osino gi San would include NPS land ownership. However, Kattan Na Islas Marianas. Todu minane-han tåno’ ti para u there could be potential for a national park unit trata kumu guiya dueñun tåno’. Gi mismu tiempo, yanggen which is managed through leases, agreements, ha atkila i lugat para Nasionat Paseo anai para u mane-ha gi or other partnership approaches. hilu’ inafa’maolek yan i kuetpon kuminida.

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Guaha siha frenkas kuttura gi lugat nai ma konsidedera guini na inestudia nai taigui gi The NPS makes no warranty, express or implied, related to the accuracy or content of this map. Roads mapa pot rason na senti-du I frenkas yan data: US Census Bureau TIGER 2016. Existing conservation areas: provided by CNMI BECQ and DCRM. lokkue pot rason na ti asigurao i lugat nai ¯ Limestone forest data: US Forest Service 2006. Cultural resource data: provided by CNMI HPO. gumaige. I mapa ma intension-na para u guaha ha’ referensia anai para ta toñgo’ 012Miles månu nai man gaine siha I frenkas.

The map above generally depicts the I sigenti na mapan hinerat, uma anok siha i naturat na natural and cultural resources and frenkas kottura proteksion gi island Luta. I (NPS) Nasionat protected areas of Rota. The NPS Paseo Na Setbisiu para uma ebalua kao todu esti siha na will be evaluating these resources to frenkas hahong para u ma konsidera para Nasionat Paseo see if they meet the study criteria. gi papa’ i areklamentu siha.

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THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM I NASIONAT PASEO YAN I AND ITS PROGRAMS PRUGRAMA-NA

National parks are often thought of I matuñgo’ña i Nasionat Paseo as large and mostly natural parks like siha na lugat na mampos ha’ Yosemite and Yellowstone. However, dångkulu tat kumo, i “Yosemite yan the national park system includes i Yellowstone” giya Amerika. Lao many types of sites including i Nasionat Paseo na Sistema, bula national monuments, national lokkue’ lugat nai ti man dånkulu, tat historic sites, and national preserves kumo, “munumentu, lugat frenkas, and reserves. Park units vary in size, yan naturat siha nai man ma protete- types of resources, landownership, hi.” I lugat Paseo, difirentis na (BHBOJ1PJOU and management. The National Park menedong yan guina-ha frenkas yan Service (NPS) often refers to all dueñun tåno’ nai ma manene-ha. of these sites as “parks,” “national Todu esti siha må-a agang Nasionat parks,” or “units of the national park Paseo osino patti gi Nasionat Paseo. system,” regardless of their official title. I nuebu na ma disik-ña para Nasionat Paseo, ti bula bayet- New national park units start with ña “budget” gi tutuhon-ña. Lao very limited budgets and staffing, and yanggen sigi mo’na ma adelanta often take many years or decades to siempre guaha mas taotao-ña develop into fully functioning parks. anai para uma trata kumo etdichu (JOBMBHBO+BQBOFTF8PSME8BS**%FGFOTJWF$PNQMFY Considerable time and effort goes magahet na Nasionat Na Paseo.Bula into planning for the operations of siha planu yan cho’cho gi tutuhon- a new park unit, and improvements ña anai para ma upera I Nasionat Na are made in small pieces over time. Paseo lao ginin i tinitu-hon, siempre u funhayan gi ti u abmam na tiempo. Existing national parks and protected areas have been compiled I sigenti siha na Nasionat Na Paseo below that may provide helpful man ma lista siha guini anai siña un models for how a national park unit kompara taima-nu i lugat Luta anai on Rota could be structured. siña omlat lokkue’ para Nasionat Paseo.

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Ő Units or areas located in United Ő Lugat nai man gaige i Estados States insular areas and tribal Unidos yan “territory” yan tåno’ land natibu.

Ő Units or areas with all or mostly Ő Lugat siha (todu tåno’ Federat non-federal land yan tåno’ pribet siha.

Ő Units or areas with government- Ő Lugat siha nai mina nene-ha nai to-government management gobietnamentun estados yan structures and/or involvement Federat yan lokkue’ i kuminidat by local entities na kuetpo.

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NATIONAL PARK OF AMERICAN NASIONAT PASEO GIYA SAMOA, AMERICAN SAMOA AMERIKAN SAMOA

Acreage—8,256, all nonfederal Tambo’(acreage)— Water area—2,500 acres 8,256, Ti Iyun Federat Designation year—1988 Susuguan Na Lugat—2,500 Ma Disik-Na Na Sakan—1988 Description: The park preserves, protects, and interprets paleo Hafa: I Paseo ma prubeniyi, protehi, tropical rainforests, coral reef yan mana’ guaha intetpiti pot i ecosystems, and the Samoan way of hålom tåno’, i mama’tin kulaling, -JNFTUPOFGPSFTU$PVSUFTZ"OO.BSJF(BXFM life. i guina-han hålom tåno’ yan i tradision lina’la’ taotao Samoa. Government Status: American Samoa is an insular area of the Gubietnamentu: I Amerikan Samoa United States. Landownership is patti gi familian politika Estados only allowed by native American Unidos kumo “Insular Area”. Taya’ Samoans. siña gai tåno’ anti natibun Amerikan Samoa solu. Land and Management: The National Park of American Samoa Asuntun Tåno’ yan Minane- is located on village lands. The NPS han Tåno’: I Nasionat Paseo giya leases the lands through a 50-year Amerikan Samoa gaige gi halom i lease agreement with the Governor singsong. I (NPS) ha atkila i tåno’ of American Samoa, and manages gi para sinkuenta (50) añus gi the park in partnership with gubietnon Amerikan Samoa ya ma villages. The park has a legal hiring manene-ha nu i (NPS) yan i taotao i preference for native American sengsong. Todus hutnaleru siha man Samoan staff, allows traditional mana’i i taotao tåno’ finene’-na na subsistence uses (such as agriculture, oputunidat. Todu tradision pumeska fishing, and harvesting non-native yan fan gualu’an siña ma cho’gue wildlife), and has the authority to gi hålom i Paseo ya mana’ guaha maintain an advisory board. “Board” para man na’i abisu pot i Nasionat Paseo.

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Government Status: The Navajo Gubietnamentu: Navajo na nasion Nation is a sovereign U.S. tribal guiya solu ha gumubietnan maisa government and the largest tribal gui ya I mas dånkulu na lugat giya area in the United States. Estados Unidos.

Land and Management: Canyon Asuntun Tåno’ yan Minane-han de Chelly National Monument is Tåno’: I Kanyon (Canyon de Chelly) located within the Navajo Nation. Nasionat na munumentu gaige gi Navajo rights, title, and interest are tåno’ i “Navajo” na nasion. Todus

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Acreage—989, federal: 225, nonfederal: 765 Tambo’ (acreage)—989, Iyun Federat: 225, Designation year—1992 Ti-Iyun Federat: 765 Disik-Na Na Sakan—1992 Description: The preserve contains Amerindian sites, the only known site where Hafa: Todus guinaha ma probiniyi ginen i estorian members of the Columbus expedition set foot kulumbus (Columbus) anai matto gi lugat ya pågu’ na on what is now U.S. territory, and one of the tiempo tåno’ Amerikano. Lao pot man gaige todus frenkas earliest European earthen fortifications in the antigun lokkue’yan kutturan antigun pare-hu yan guihan New World. It preserves upland watersheds, tasi para uma probiniyi siha para futtunan i henerasion. mangrove forests, and estuarine and marine environments. Gubietnamentu: I gubietnamentun U.S. Virgin Island gaige i papa’ familian politika (insular area) yan gi Government Status: The U.S. Virgin Islands is gubietnamentun Estados Unidos. an insular area of the United States. Asuntun Tåno’ yan Minane-han Tåno’: I lugat ma Land and Management: The preserve is probeniyi kumo patti Federat yan Pribet na tåno’ ya pare- composed of federal and private lands and is hu uma ayuda gi para ma mane-ha i lugat. I (NPS) yan co-managed by the NPS and Government of the i gobietnamentun Virgin Islands gi papa’ kontratan ina Virgin Islands through a cooperative agreement. ayuda.

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1. What prehistoric, historic, and 1. Månu na estorian antigu yan lugat limestone forest resources on Rota do antigu, halom tano frenkas un hong-gi you believe are most important? Why? na impottanti para hågu?

2. Haf na ede-hu osino sinintemu nai 2. What ideas or concerns do you have malagu’hao para un tuñgo’osino para that the NPS should be aware of and/ u ma attan ginen esti na eskaleran or address in the study process? inestudia?

3. What ideas do you have about 3. Haf na ede-hu mas maolek para hågu preserving and managing Rota’s anai para ma probeniyi yan para ma important places? mane-ha i man impottanti siha na frenkas giya Luta?

4. Kao guaha otro siha na ede-hu osino 4. Do you have other ideas or comments sinente-mu nai malugu’ hao para un na’ you would like to share with us? tuñgo’ ham?

Please share your thoughts with us by Pot fabot na’ tuñgo’ ham nu i sininte-mu April 14, 2017, and help us reach out to antis di i Abrit Katotsi Dos Mit Disi Setti local residents, organizations, agencies, (April 14, 2017) ya un fan ayuda pot fabot and environmental, business, community, muna’ fan manuñgo’ lokkue’ i residentin and political leaders. Luta yan todus i kuetpon kuminida, ramas gubietnamentu yan kumitsiante yan i man ma’gas politika.

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ROTA SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY LUTA ESPISIAT NA INESTUDIAN FRENKAS GINEN I NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NASIONAT PASEO NA SETBISIU), U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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Newsletter #1, Winter 2017 | Eneru Dos, Mit Disi Setti

Comment Form Na’halom Ede-hu/Opinion

WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS AND POT FABOT NA’ TUNGO’ HAM: IDEAS ABOUT THE FOLLOWING: 1. Månu ha estorian antigu yan lugat antigu, hålom 1. What prehistoric, historic, and limestone forest tåno frenkas un hong-gi na impottanti para hagu? resources on Rota do you believe are most important? Why? 2. Haf na ede-hu osino sinintemu nai malagu’hao para u tuñgo’osino para u ma attan ginen esti na 2. What ideas or concerns do you have that the NPS eskaleran inestudia? should be aware of and/or address in the study process? 3. Haf na ede-hu mas maolek para hagu anai para ma probeniyi yan para ma mane-ha i man impottanti 3. What ideas do you have about preserving and siha na frenkas giya Luta. managing Rota’s important places? 4. Kao guaha otro siha na ede-hu osino sinente-mu nai 4. Do you have other ideas or comments you would like malagu’ hao para un na’ tuñgo’ ham? to share with us? Pot fabot na’ tuñgo’ ham nu i sininte-mu antis di i Please provide your thoughts on the study online at: Abrit Katotsi Dos Mit Disi Setti (April 14, 2017) ya parkplanning.nps.gov/rotastudy un fan ayuda pot fabot muna’ fan manungo’ lokkue’ i residentin Luta yan todus i kuetpon kuminida, ramas Please provide your comments by April 14, 2017. gubietnamentu yan kumitsiante yan i man ma’gas politika.

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CONTACT INFORMATION Mail: National Park Service Planning & Compliance Program Pacific West Region 333 Bush Street, Suite 500 San Francisco, CA 94104 Project Manager: Jean Boscacci [email protected] 415-623-2312 E-mail: [email protected] General Information: Jim Richardson, Superintendent War in the Pacific NHP (Guam) and American Memorial Park (Saipan) 135 Murray Blvd., Suite 100 Hagåtña, GU 96910 [email protected] 671-477-7278 x1003

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