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The closest piece of US soil to Asia is the island of Guam. It’s only 2,000 miles from China’s coast and, for that reason, Guam is covered in US military bases and taking on more. The Marine Corps is building a vast new complex there. But as The World’s Patrick Winn reports, some Guam natives are uneasy seeing more of their land fall under Pentagon control.