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I sent the below text in email format to the Sailors of VRM-50, marking the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Okinawa. I...

Greetings, I have another book recommendation for you all. I firmly believe that any study of the Second World War, modern warfare,...

Pacific History Guide - Official Logo Greetings everyone and welcome to the official launch of Pacific History Guide! This website has...

Greetings all, here with another website update and I'm happy to announce that the official Pacific History Guide logo has been...

Most of the locations on the website have a brief history on their page; however there's so much detail for Japan that it didn't quite...

This is a fascinating article on the history of the Imperial Japanese Navy battleship (later hybrid carrier-battleship) Ise courtesy of...

I've recently finished this manga, one of the better I've read, that follows the events of the last days of the Second World War,...

On this day in 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean roughly 80 miles east of Miyagi, Japan. The earthquake, the strongest in recorded Japanese history, set off a series of tsunamis that killed 18,000 throughout the northeast coast of the country. Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima prefectures had all but a hundred or so of the casualties. The tsunami that struck Fukushima knocked the power out in the Dai-ichi nuclear plant, which led to a partial meltdow

Some ships live forever. Here is a breakwater in Kitakyushu, Japan that was partially made by the wreck of IJN Yanagi. Apparently part...

About an hour drive south from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture is Suo-Oshima Island. There are several places...

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...

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...

Comfort For the Fifth Naval Hospital War Veteran Comrades of the bereaved family All former military doctors and medical staff

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

Mikasa Historic Memorial Ship and statue of Admiral Togo Heihachiro at Mikasa Park Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. Back in November 2024, I...

Enomoto Takeaki 榎本 武揚 is one of the founding fathers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and a pivotal figure in the history of Japan.

Over the past month I've gotten the Pacific History Guide website to where I want it to be, and with the help of some friends and my...

I'm writing this first blog post on 12 January, 2025 from my home on Guam. On this day I purchased this URL and began building the page....