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Guide to the Guide: PHG on Google Maps
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
Tony Boccia
Nov 16, 20252 min read


Shoutout Saturday: UOG MARC
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...
Tony Boccia
Aug 30, 20251 min read


ICYMI: Battle of Saipan and the IJA 43rd Division on WW2TV!
Greetings all, I recently appeared on WW2TV with Paul Woodadge to discuss the invasion and battle of Saipan from the perspective of the...
Tony Boccia
Jun 14, 202511 min read


Japan in Micronesia: A brief overview
Greetings all, today we're going to look at a brief history of the history of Japanese expansion and wrap it up with a book...
Tony Boccia
May 4, 20253 min read
On this day: 509th Composite Group arrived on Tinian
On this day April 3rd 1945, the U.S. Army Air Corps 509th Composite Group arrived on Tinian and began training for the missions that...
Tony Boccia
Apr 4, 20251 min read


Family trip to Saipan
Seems crazy how time flies, but last month we took a family trip to Saipan to ring in the new year and take the edge off our upcoming...
Tony Boccia
Feb 18, 20253 min read
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