Islanders who suffered 1940s war atrocities on Guam get paid
(World News USA)

HAGATÑA, Guam (AP) - For Antonina Palomo Cross, Japan`s occupation of Guam started with terror at church. The then-7-year-old was attending Catholic services with her family when the 1941 invasion began, setting off bomb blasts, sirens and screams. It ended with her family surrendering their home and eventually carrying the dead body of her malnourished baby sister on a forced march to a concentration camp. Now 85, Cross is among more than 3,000 native islanders on Guam who are expecting to get long-awaited compensation from the U.S. government for their suffering at the hands of imperial Japan during World War II. Payments of $10,000 to $25,000 - federal tax money normally reserved for...