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Greetings PHG fans, back again with another talk for WW2TV, this time focused on the battles for Guam in 1941 and 1944. Having been to Guam many times and been stationed there for several years, I had the opportunity to walk many battlefields and explore some of the more obscure monuments and memorials around the island. It was a pleasure to get with Woody and the WW2TV community to discuss the Battles for Guam, and once again I focused on the Japanese side of the battle, spe

South Pacific Memorial Peace Park - Yigo Village, Guam The South Pacific Memorial Peace Park in Yigo, Guam was established in June 1970 on the site of the former Mataguac Hill Command Post by the South Pacific War Memorial Association. Here, the last Japanese organized resistance on Guam ended on August 10, 1944; at the site you can find a small remembrance chapel, a peace memorial, and several monuments and markers that commemorate both the people who took part in the battle

As many of you know, getting folks connected with local and regional history is the primary focus of Pacific History Guide. This effort is effectively a list of locations in the form of clickable links that point toward official websites, and another part is the official PHG Google Maps . The links have been added to the site in no particular order, and while some of you may have found a pattern to the way they've been added, it may not make sense to everybody. To solve this

Seems crazy but nearly a year ago now we did a little Second World War history tour around Guam as a family and with the kids' friends. ...

Greetings all, today is a short post because I got a little behind this week on writing; I found out Thursday that I was selected for...

Last month I had the pleasure of facilitating a tour of Second World War sites on Guam, given on behalf of Yokosuka Council on...

This is the war dogs memorial on Naval Base Guam, or Big Navy as we call it. If you live on Guam and haven’t been to see it, take the...

This small in-ground monument is dedicated to the Imperial Japanese Navy's 5th Hospital Corps, at the South Pacific Memorial Peace Park...

South Pacific Memorial Peace Park - Yigo Village, Guam The South Pacific Memorial Peace Park in Yigo, Guam was established in June 1970...