Pacific History Guide 18-month update!
Since January 2025, Pacific History Guide has passed some fantastic milestones. We've had more than 2,500 unique visitors view 6,500 pages. Our reading list and resources page are updated monthly with new titles and sources, and the official PHG google maps has more than 4,100 locations, with more added every week!
Tony Boccia
ICYMI: Battles for Guam talk with WW2TV
During our time living on Guam, we were just down the road from the final battlefield in Yigo, where the South Pacific Memorial Peace Park now stands. Near here, General Obata Hideyoshi killed himself, shortly after organized resistance in the battle ended.
Tony Boccia
HMAS Parramatta wreck - Bar Point, New South Wales, Australia
There were two attempts at turning the ship into a museum, but neither measure was successful. A storm later set the ship adrift, where she settled in the mud. In 1973, the bow and stern sections were removed and set as memorial pieces, and the rest of the ship remains as a wreck near Milson Island.
Tony Boccia