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William Gilmer

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William Wirt Gilmer (May 21, 1863 – January 8, 1955) was a United States Navy Captain who served as both the 22nd and 24th Naval Governor of Guam. [1]

50 relations: Alaska, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Autocracy, Bess Press, Chamorro people, Chatham, Virginia, Chief of Naval Operations, Filipinos, Fletcher, North Carolina, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Guam, Hawaii, Hendersonville, North Carolina, Honolulu, Influenza, Ivan Wettengel, Josephus Daniels, Kruzof Island, Legislature of Guam, List of Governors of Guam, National Park Service, Navy Cross, New York City, New-York Tribune, North Carolina, Parochial school, Partofshikof Island, Prohibition, Robert Coontz, Roy Campbell Smith, Seventh-day Adventist Church, Sightline Media Group, Spanish naming customs, The New York Times, The New York Times Company, Times-News (Hendersonville, North Carolina), United States Geological Survey, United States Government Publishing Office, United States Naval Academy, United States Navy, United States Secretary of the Navy, University of Guam, University of Hawaii Press, USS Montana (ACR-13), USS Nipsic, USS South Carolina (BB-26), Washington, D.C., White Americans, William A. Hodgman, World War I.

Alaska

Alaska (Alax̂sxax̂) is a U.S. state located in the northwest extremity of North America.

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Assistant Secretary of the Navy

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (ASN) is the title given to certain civilian senior officials in the United States Department of the Navy.

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Autocracy

An autocracy is a system of government in which supreme power (social and political) is concentrated in the hands of one person, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of popular control (except perhaps for the implicit threat of a coup d'état or mass insurrection).

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Bess Press

Bess Press is a Hawaii-based publisher that issues various books on Hawaiian and Pacific history and culture.

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Chamorro people

The Chamorro people (/tʃɑˈmɔroʊ/) are the indigenous people of the Mariana Islands; politically divided between the United States territory of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Micronesia.

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Chatham, Virginia

Chatham is a town in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States.

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Chief of Naval Operations

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) is the most senior officer in the United States Navy.

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Filipinos

Filipinos (Mga Pilipino) are the people who are native to, or identified with the country of the Philippines.

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Fletcher, North Carolina

Fletcher is a town in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Sr. (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

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Guam

Guam (Chamorro: Guåhån) is an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States in Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States, having received statehood on August 21, 1959.

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Hendersonville, North Carolina

Hendersonville is a city in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States.

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Honolulu

Honolulu is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaiokinai.

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Influenza

Influenza, commonly known as "the flu", is an infectious disease caused by an influenza virus.

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Ivan Wettengel

Ivan Cyrus Wettengel (1876 – February 19, 1935) was a United States Navy Captain who served as the 25th Naval Governor of Guam.

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Josephus Daniels

Josephus Daniels (May 18, 1862 – January 15, 1948) was a progressive Democrat, and newspaper editor and publisher from North Carolina who became active in politics.

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Kruzof Island

Kruzof Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska at.

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Legislature of Guam

The Legislature of Guam (Liheslaturan Guåhan) is the law-making body for the United States territory of Guam. The unicameral legislative branch consists of fifteen senators, each serving for a two-year term. All members of the legislature are elected at-large with the island under one whole district. After the enactment of the Guam Organic Act in 1950, the First Guam Legislature was elected composing of 21 elected members. Today, the current fifteen-member 34th Guam Legislature (Chamorro: I Mina' Trentai Kuåttro Na Liheslaturan Guåhan) was elected in November 2016.

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List of Governors of Guam

The Governor of Guam (''Chamorro'': I Maga'låhen Guåhan) is the chief executive of the Government of Guam and the commander-in-chief of the Guam National Guard, whose responsibilities also include making the annual State of the Island (formerly the State of the Territory) addresses to the Guam Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that Guam's public laws are enforced.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations.

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Navy Cross

The Navy Cross is the United States military's second-highest decoration awarded for valor in combat.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New-York Tribune

The New-York Tribune was an American newspaper, first established in 1841 by editor Horace Greeley (1811–1872).

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Parochial school

A parochial school is a private primary or secondary school affiliated with a religious organization, and whose curriculum includes general religious education in addition to secular subjects, such as science, mathematics and language arts.

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Partofshikof Island

Partofshikof Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska, United States.

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Prohibition

Prohibition is the illegality of the manufacturing, storage in barrels or bottles, transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcohol including alcoholic beverages, or a period of time during which such illegality was enforced.

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Robert Coontz

Robert Edward Coontz (June 11, 1864 – January 26, 1935) was an admiral in the United States Navy, who sailed with the Great White Fleet and served as the second Chief of Naval Operations.

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Roy Campbell Smith

Roy Campbell Smith (1858 – April 11, 1940) was the Governor of Guam from 1916 to 1918.

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Seventh-day Adventist Church

The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in Christian and Jewish calendars, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent Second Coming (advent) of Jesus Christ.

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Sightline Media Group

Sightline Media Group, formerly Gannett Government Media, is a United States company which publishes newspapers, magazines, Web sites, and other publications about the U.S. and other militaries.

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Spanish naming customs

Spanish naming customs are historical traditions for naming children practised in Spain.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The New York Times Company

The New York Times Company is an American media company which publishes its namesake, The New York Times.

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Times-News (Hendersonville, North Carolina)

The Times-News is the daily newspaper for Hendersonville, North Carolina, and its surrounding area.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS, formerly simply Geological Survey) is a scientific agency of the United States government.

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United States Government Publishing Office

The United States Government Publishing Office (GPO) (formerly the Government Printing Office) is an agency of the legislative branch of the United States federal government.

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United States Naval Academy

The United States Naval Academy (also known as USNA, Annapolis, or simply Navy) is a four-year coeducational federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

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United States Navy

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

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United States Secretary of the Navy

The Secretary of the Navy (or SECNAV) is a statutory officer and the head (chief executive officer) of the Department of the Navy, a military department (component organization) within the Department of Defense of the United States of America.

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University of Guam

University of Guam (Unibetsedåt Guåhan), or U.O.G., is a four-year land-grant institution, located in the village of Mangilao on the United States territory of Guam in the Western Pacific Ocean.

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University of Hawaii Press

The University of Hawaii Press is a university press that is part of the University of Hawaiokinai.

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USS Montana (ACR-13)

USS Montana (ACR-13/CA-13), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No.

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USS Nipsic

USS Nipsic was a gunboat in the Union Navy.

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USS South Carolina (BB-26)

USS South Carolina (BB-26), the lead ship of her class of dreadnought battleships, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the eighth state.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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White Americans

White Americans are Americans who are descendants from any of the white racial groups of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, or in census statistics, those who self-report as white based on having majority-white ancestry.

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William A. Hodgman

William Adams Hodgman (January 31, 1884 – February 9, 1967) was a United States Navy captain and diplomat.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gilmer

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