Kanrin Maru Memorial - San Francisco
San Francisco's Lincoln Park, situated on the northwest of the peninsula, is home to several memorials and monuments. Among these are military fortifications, a Holocaust Memorial, and a marker for the end of the Lincoln Highway. Situated among these landmarks, not far fron a statue of El Cid, is the Kanrin Maru Memorial. This place marks a seminal event in pacific history; the first time a Japanese ship made landfall in the United States, in 1860.
Tony Boccia
20 minutes ago
Traces of the Second World War in and around Iwakuni 岩国
MCAS Iwakuni is situated on an island formed by the divergence of the Nishiki River into the Monzen and Imazu Rivers, emptying into Hiroshima Bay just south of Miyajima. Much of the area was purchased by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1938; the following year saw the establishment of the Iwakuni Naval Air Group 岩國海軍航空隊, a flight training command working in tandem with the Imperial Japanese Navy academy at Etajima.
Tony Boccia
7 days ago
Shipwrecks of Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines
Although Subic is smaller than Manila Bay, this has been an important waterway for the Philippine Islands for hundreds of years. Unsurprisingly, there are many shipwrecks here, stretching back to the Spanish Colonial period. Four of these caught my attention, and I was able to locate them and add them to the Pacific History Guide Google Maps list. The history of these ships match not just the history of the Second World War in the Philippines but Pacific History more generall
Tony Boccia
Sep 19