Map showing the strategic location of Guam 1500 miles south of Tokyo |
World War II bunker in front of the Marriott Resort, Tumon Beach |
World War II bunker in front of the Marriott Resort, Tumon Beach |
View from the water of the machine gun bunker, Tumon Beach |
Inside the bunker, Tumon Beach |
Gunner's view of Tumon Bay |
Gunner's view of Tumon Bay |
South Pacific Memorial Park, hands clasped in prayer |
South Pacific Memorial Park, site of General Hideyoshi Obata's underground command center in World War II |
South Pacific Memorial Park (1987, Pacific Jaycees) |
Japanese memorial, South Pacific Memorial Park |
Buddhist chapel at the South Pacific Memorial Park |
Buddhist chapel at the South Pacific Memorial Park |
South Pacific Memorial Park |
War relics found around the caves |
Japanese war relics from World War II |
Japanese commander on Guam, General Hideyoshi Obata (1890-1944) |
Japanese flag, South Pacific Memorial Park |
Grave marker for the last Japanese defenders in World War II |
Bamboo forest leading to General Obata's command center |
The path is slippery and there are lots of mosquitos |
Bamboo forest, South Pacific Memorial Park |
Natural caves were augmented by man-made bunkers |
Blocked cave entrance |
One of the command bunkers, now mostly filled in with dirt |
Cave of General Obata's underground command post, Guam |
Inside one of the command bunkers, South Pacific Memorial Park |
Marker at the site where General Hideyoshi Obata committed seppuku (ritual suicide) 11 August 1944 |
May Peace Prevail on Earth |
Cave complex of General Obata's underground command center, Guam |
World War II Japanese command bunker, Guam |
One of many caves under the South Pacific Memorial Park, Yigo village, north Guam |
Looking out the cave entrance |
War in the Pacific National Historic Park - Asan Beach |
The Battle of Guam - July 21 to August 10, 1944 |
The devastation of Asan Beach after the US Marines landed on 21 July 1944 |
Map showing the various units comprising the War in the Pacific National Historic Park, Guam |
American Mark 14 torpedo, Asan Beach, War in the Pacific National Historic Park |
Asan Beach, Guam - site of an amphibious landing by US Marines on July 21, 1944 |
Asan Beach, Guam |
The beach opens up onto flat terrain, but the Japanese were dug into the surrounding hills overlooking the beach |
The Amphibious Landing at Asan Beach, July 21, 1944 |
Historic photo of the Marine landing on Asan Beach |
Multi-service monument at Asan Beach - "Grateful Chamorros Remember" |
Multi-service monument at Asan Beach, War in the Pacific National Historic Park |
A Japan Airlines 747 overflying Asan Beach on approach to Guam. How times have changed. |
Japanese cave dug into the hill on the side of Asan Beach, Guam |
Japanese cave dug into the hill on the side of Asan Beach, Guam |
US military helicopter (UH-60 Black Hawk) |
Gagambang ekis "X spider" |
Red hibiscus (Gumamela) |
A large piece of metal on the hill above Asan Beach |
Breadfruit (pakok) on the hill at Asan Beach |
Memorials from an earlier conflict - the Philippines Revolution which the US inherited in 1898 |
In 1901, 58 Filipino revolutionaries were exiled to Guam by the US military |
Apolinario Mabini, writer of the 1st Filipino Constitution, "The Most Prominent Irreconcilable" |
Japanese artillery on the hill above Asan Beach |
Piti Guns site - War in the Pacific National Historic Park, first of 3 guns |
Japanese-made Vickers-type Model 3 (1914) 140 mm (5.5 inch) coastal defense guns |
140mm gun barrel |
The Piti Guns had a range of 10 miles |
During the invasion of July 21, 1944, these three guns were not yet operational |
Japanese-made Vickers-type Model 3 (1914) 140 mm (5.5 inch) coastal defense guns |
Piti guns, Guam |
Rusting remains of a support hut behidn the first gun |
The second of the three Piti guns, War in the Pacific National Historic Site |
Japanese-made Vickers-type Model 3 (1914) 140 mm (5.5 inch) coastal defense guns |
Piti Guns, Guam |
Piti Guns, Guam |
Open breech of the second of the Piti guns |
The third of the Piti guns has fallen off its mount |
War in the Pacific National Historic Park - Asan Bay Overlook |
Guam is a territory of the United States |
Flag of Guam |
War in the Pacific National Historic Park - Asan Bay Overlook |
War in the Pacific National Historic Park - Asan Bay Overlook |
War in the Pacific National Historic Park - Asan Bay Overlook |
Asan Bay Overlook - placard of the Japanese counter-attack of 25 July 1944, the "Banzai Charges" |
Guam 1941-1944 |
Bronze relief memorial at Asan Bay Overlook - the Japanese Occupation |
Bronze relief memorial at Asan Bay Overlook - the Liberation of Guam |
Bronze relief memorial at Asan Bay Overlook - the Japanese Invasion, December 8, 1941 |
Asan Bay Overlook - Guam Pearl Harbor Memorial |
War in the Pacific National Historic Park - Asan Bay Overlook |
War in the Pacific National Historic Park - Asan Bay Overlook |
Pacific War Museum, Guam |
Marine Corps Half-track, Pacific War Museum, Guam |
Marine Corps vehicle from WWII, Pacific War Museum, Guam |
US Navy vehicle from WWII, Pacific War Museum, Guam |
Marine Corps ambulance, WWII, Pacific War Museum, Guam |
Quonset Hut, WWII, Pacific War Museum, Guam |
Japanese rifles, WWII, Pacific War Museum, Guam |
Japanese Model 97 20mm anti-tank rifle |
Japanese Model 97 20mm anti-tank rifle |
Japanese Type 92 Machine Gun with tri-pod, Pacific War Museum, Guam |
Japanese superior private uniform from World War II, Pacific War Museum, Guam |
Japanese Sergeant Shoichi Yokoi, captured in April 1972 on Guam |
Combat officers of the Japanese 322 Battalion on Guam |
Historic photograph of Japanese Lt. Mori of the 12th Company |
Historic photograph of an unnamed Japanese private |
American WWII vintage weaponry, Pacific War Museum, Guam |
Japanese Type 95 Ha-Gō light tank rusting across from the Pacific War Museum |
Japanese Type 95 Ha-Gō, a 1935 design light tank |
Flag of the Japanese Imperial Army on the tank |
Primary armament is a Type 94 37mm gun, with a Type 91 6.5mm machine gun |
War in the Pacific National Historic Park visitor's center |
This submarine ran aground on Guam in August 1944 a week after the Battle of Guam had ended |
Japanese midget-submarine, Guam |
Japanese two-man midget submarine in front of War in the Pacific National Historic Park visitor's center the |
War in the Pacific National Historic Park visitor's center, the Invasion of Guam |
Newspaper headlines from December 9, 1944 |
Uniform of Guam's Insular Guard, no match against the Japanese invasion |
Japan launched simultaneous attacks against Pearl Harbor, Guam, the Philippines, Wake Island, Malaya, Thailand, Shanghai, Midway |
Visitor's Center - The Occupation of Guam |
Visitor's Center - The Recapture of Guam |
War in the Pacific National Historic Park - Agat Unit - Ga'an Point |
Agat Beach was the site of a second amphibious landing by US Marines on 21 July 1944 |
Cave at Ga'an Point used by the Japanese |
Japanese 20 cm/12 (8") Short Gun used in the defense of Agat Beach |
Agat Beach is close to the strategically important Apra Harbor |
Japanese 20 cm (8") Short Gun range 6 km |
Japanese double-barreled anti-aircraft gun, Ga'an Point |
Ga'an Point, Guam |
Ga'an Point, Guam |
Agat Beach, Ga'an Point |
Japanese World War II bunker at Ga'an Point |
Japanese World War II bunker at Ga'an Point |
View from the Japanese bunker at Ga'an Point |
Hills behind Ga'an Point fortified by the Japanese |
Another Japanese bunker at Ga'an Point |
Japanese bunker at Ga'an Point |
Ga'an Point, Guam |