World War II on Guam

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