Current possessions of the United States in the Pacific include three jurisdictions. They are Guam, the Mariannas and the Midway.
The Pacific Ocean.
Territorial possessions in the Pacific Ocean.
Alaska and the Midway Islands
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There are five US states that are included in the Pacific region. They are California, Oregon, Hawaii, Washington, and Alaska.
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The Naval War was a Slam Dunk but the land battle became the Philippine American War, and that was long and bloody. The US prevailed and both Guam and the Philippines became US Territories.
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The Philippines is nearest to the US territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean. These territories are located east of the Philippines.
Puerto Rico (found in the northeastern Caribbean Sea), American Samoa (South Pacific Ocean), Guam (Western Pacific Ocean), The American Virgin Islands (Caribbean Sea), and the Northern Mariana Islands (Western Pacific Ocean) are the current (November 2014) five inhabited US island "territories".
The Japaneese wanted to create a sphere of influence in the Pacific which would have increased there resources used for imperial expansion this included all the Pacific Islands that was under control of the US. So in short the Japaneese.