Earl Hinz
Author Pacific Island Battlegrounds of World War II
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USS Utah, Hawaii
The Forgotten Memorial at Pearl Harbor
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Monk Seals,
Midway Island
The wildlife has been protected
for years and many species will approach a sensitive traveler just out of curiosity.
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Vilu War
Museum, Guadalcanal
This badly emasculated
Wildcat has been saved in the Vilu War Museum and Village Cemetery"
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Drown US
Tank, Tarawa
Many of the grounded and shot-up
tanks and other vehicles still litter the beach, but are rapidly rusting away.
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Pumping
Station, Marshall Islands
Administrative
site for the Marshall Islands since pre-WW I days when the Germans controlled
the islands
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Admiral's
Bunker, Rabual
Unfortunately, it was covered
with ash during the severe 1994 volcanic activity and may be some time being restored.
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Port Moresby,
New Guinea
P-38 wreck at the Port Moresby
War Museum was one of those that carried the battle to the Japanese.
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Aircraft
skeleton, New Hebrides
This unserviceable
fuselage escaped the watery grave and is now a play house for local kids.
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Coastal
Gun, Truk
Defensive fortifications consisted
mostly of moderate size coastal guns
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Tumon Bay,
Guam
"Guam had theunusual distinction of being the only American soil that had ever been
lost to an enemy action."
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Koror War
Museum, Peleliu
A few war relics are displayed
in the small well-maintained indoor/outdoor war museum at Koror.
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