Table 6.

Articulated intended contributions of War in the Pacific (Information from McKinnon 2018; CNMI Heritage 2019; McKinnon et al. 2019)

Beneficiary	Category	Contribution
Community	Cultural	Explore conflict as shared cultural heritage
		Provide opportunity for generational knowledge transmission
		Present participants with a challenge coin as a token of completion
	Social	Re-integrate Pacific Islander veterans into a sociocultural position of authority regarding the history of war on their islands
	Economic	Pay discussion leaders for both the training sessions and the discussion sessions
	Educational	Help the community gain a meaningful, relevant understanding of war as a shared human experience
		Provide discussion materials in print and online
Heritage	Decolonization of history	Understand the under studied Spanish-Chamorro Wars, specifically how indigenous people resisted and negotiated with colonial powers