AHC: Guam as a state

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With no useful knowledge of the island's history.....

Increase the influx of US continental civilian immigrants due to any combination of the islands use during the Viet Nam war (air and naval bases), NASA, NOAA, etc. They eventually lobby for statehood?
 
The Northern Mariana Islands are added to Guam rather than becoming their own American Commonwealth.

A mix of more military bases in the archipelago (military Keynesianism), more retirees, and a variety of other factors boost the population. Rota and Saipan in particular have much larger populations.

With ~400,000 people and an income of around 35,000 the state of Guam becomes the 51st state following the Cold War.
 
The Northern Mariana Islands are added to Guam rather than becoming their own American Commonwealth.

A mix of more military bases in the archipelago (military Keynesianism), more retirees, and a variety of other factors boost the population. Rota and Saipan in particular have much larger populations.

With ~400,000 people and an income of around 35,000 the state of Guam becomes the 51st state following the Cold War.
Would a bunch of islands with a population less than Wyoming motivate D.C/P.R statehood movements?
 
All those Micronesian Trust Territories we got post WW2? Merge them with NMI and Guam, into a single Micronesian territory. A few Navy bases and economic development, and you have a state before the end of the cold war.
 
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