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Mount Tenjo from the Historic Road

Mount Tenjo from the Historic Road

Mt. Chachao/Mt. Tenjo Unit - Asan and Agat Invasion Beaches, War in the Pacific National Historical Park. This high point, positioned between the two invasion beaches on Guam's western shore, favored the Japane... More

National parks: Agat_Beach_1944 - public domain image

National parks: Agat_Beach_1944 - public domain image

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National parks: Reef_Snokling - public domain image

National parks: Reef_Snokling - public domain image

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National parks: Underwater_Reefs - public domain image

National parks: Underwater_Reefs - public domain image

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Underwater Reefs, National Parks gallery

Underwater Reefs, National Parks gallery

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iwo-jima-27 - National Parks Gallery

iwo-jima-27 - National Parks Gallery

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Asan Bay Overlook - National Parks Gallery

Asan Bay Overlook - National Parks Gallery

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Memorial Day Flag Honor Guard - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Memorial Day Flag Honor Guard - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...

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Memorial Day Flag Display - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Memorial Day Flag Display - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...

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National parks: Memorial_Day_Flag_Display - public domain image

National parks: Memorial_Day_Flag_Display - public domain image

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National parks: Flag_Display_Day - public domain image

National parks: Flag_Display_Day - public domain image

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National parks: Memorial_Day_Flag_Display - public domain image

National parks: Memorial_Day_Flag_Display - public domain image

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National parks: Asan_Bay_Overlook - public domain image

National parks: Asan_Bay_Overlook - public domain image

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Memorial Day Flag Display - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Memorial Day Flag Display - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...

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Asan Bay Overlook - National Parks Gallery

Asan Bay Overlook - National Parks Gallery

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National parks: Asan_Bay_Overlook - public domain image

National parks: Asan_Bay_Overlook - public domain image

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Flag Display Day - National Parks Gallery

Flag Display Day - National Parks Gallery

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National parks: Memorial_Day_Flag_Honor_Guard - public domain image

National parks: Memorial_Day_Flag_Honor_Guard - public domain image

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National parks: Flag_Display_Day - public domain image

National parks: Flag_Display_Day - public domain image

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Private First Class Frank Peter Witek (1921-1944), War in the Pacific National Historical Park, 2016.

Private First Class Frank Peter Witek (1921-1944), War in the Pacific ...

Photo date unknown. Pictured: Private First Class Frank Peter Witek, killed in action on August 3, 1944. He served with the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division during the Battle of Finegayen at Guam... More

Tourist Attraction - Shoreline at Asan Point

Tourist Attraction - Shoreline at Asan Point

Asan Beach Unit - Asan and Agat Invasion Beaches, War in the Pacific National Historical Park. The point is located at the western side of Asan Beach. In 1922, prior to World War II, the U.S. Marines establishe... More

Apaca Point Panorama - National Parks Gallery

Apaca Point Panorama - National Parks Gallery

Agat Unit - Asan and Agat Invasion Beaches, War in the Pacific National Historical Park. Apaca Point was one of the outcrops where carefully-concealed Japanese defense structures were mistaken for vegetation-co... More

View of the Beach from the Ga'an Point Pillbox

View of the Beach from the Ga'an Point Pillbox

Agat Unit - Asan and Agat Invasion Beaches, War in the Pacific National Historical Park. Japanese defensive structures were built into natural crevices and caves, providing concealment that helped them to avoid... More

Agat_Beach_1944 - National Parks Gallery

Agat_Beach_1944 - National Parks Gallery

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Agat Beach 1944 - National Parks Gallery

Agat Beach 1944 - National Parks Gallery

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Agat Beach 1944 - National Parks Gallery

Agat Beach 1944 - National Parks Gallery

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James Oleke Leads a Tour of Mount Tenjo

James Oleke Leads a Tour of Mount Tenjo

Mt. Chachao/Mt. Tenjo Unit - Asan and Agat Invasion Beaches, War in the Pacific National Historical Park. This is one of the inland sites on the island of Guam. Because it is at a higher elevation than the inv... More

Ga'an Point Pillbox - National Parks Gallery

Ga'an Point Pillbox - National Parks Gallery

Agat Unit - Asan and Agat Invasion Beaches, War in the Pacific National Historical Park. Located in the center of Agat Beach, this is one of the locations where Japanese defensive structures and artillery were ... More

Gun at Adelup Point on Asan Beach

Gun at Adelup Point on Asan Beach

Asan Beach Unit - Asan and Agat Invasion Beaches, War in the Pacific National Historical Park. At the north end of Asan Beach, Adelup Point was one of the key defensive strongholds during the 1944 invasion by U... More

Asan Beach on the Western Shore of Guam

Asan Beach on the Western Shore of Guam

Asan Beach Unit - Asan and Agat Invasion Beaches, War in the Pacific National Historical Park. This beach was one of the landing areas on the island during the 1944 confrontation between American and Japanese t... More

United States Marine Corps Third Division Memorial

United States Marine Corps Third Division Memorial

Asan Beach Unit - Asan and Agat Invasion Beaches, War in the Pacific National Historical Park. This monument to the 3rd Marine Division overlooks the invasion beach at Asan. It was erected by the Third Marine ... More

Chaplain Offers Prayer - National Parks Gallery

Chaplain Offers Prayer - National Parks Gallery

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National parks: Colors - public domain image

National parks: Colors - public domain image

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Liberators Return Salute - National Parks Gallery

Liberators Return Salute - National Parks Gallery

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Asan Beach Ceremony - National Parks Gallery

Asan Beach Ceremony - National Parks Gallery

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Bud Forbus greets Marine - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Bud Forbus greets Marine - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

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Helicopter Displays Flags - National Parks Gallery

Helicopter Displays Flags - National Parks Gallery

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National parks: Colors - public domain image

National parks: Colors - public domain image

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Park Superintendent, National Parks gallery

Park Superintendent, National Parks gallery

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Seaman Jennifer Meister (left) and Petty Officer 3rd

Seaman Jennifer Meister (left) and Petty Officer 3rd

Seaman Jennifer Meister (left) and Petty Officer 3rd Class Geraldine Igualdo, both assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable, pick up trash during a community service project at the War in the Pacific Na... More

Gun at Adelup Point - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Gun at Adelup Point - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Asan Beach Unit - Asan and Agat Invasion Beaches, War in the Pacific National Historical Park. This site, located at the east end of Asan Beach on Guam's western shore, is one of the Japanese defensive strongho... More

Ga'an Point, National Parks gallery

Ga'an Point, National Parks gallery

Agat Beach Unit - Asan and Agat Invasion Beaches, War in the Pacific National Historical Park. Located in the middle of Agat Beach on the western shore of Guam, the area still contains remnants of bunkers and d... More

View from Asan Beach Pillbox - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

View from Asan Beach Pillbox - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...

Asan Beach Unit - Asan and Agat Invasion Beaches, War in the Pacific National Historical Park. This view was captured from one of the Japanese defense structures remaining on the island from World War II. Many... More

Asan Beach, National Parks gallery

Asan Beach, National Parks gallery

Asan Beach Unit - Asan and Agat Invasion Beaches, War in the Pacific National Historical Park. A historically significant landscape for its World War II associations, Asan Beach currently contains a combination... More

James Oleke Describes the Battle of Guam to Park Visitors

James Oleke Describes the Battle of Guam to Park Visitors

Asan and Agat Invasion Beaches, War in the Pacific National Historical Park. Ranger James Oleke engages visitors to the War in the Pacific National Historical Park as he describes the history of the invasion an... More

Asan Memorial, National Parks gallery

Asan Memorial, National Parks gallery

Asan Beach Unit - Asan and Agat Invasion Beaches, War in the Pacific National Historical Park.

Entrance to the Piti Guns Unit - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Entrance to the Piti Guns Unit - Public Domain image, National Parks G...

Piti Guns Unit - Asan and Agat Invasion Beaches, War in the Pacific National Historical Park. The Piti Guns site is located inland from the invasion beaches where U.S. military troops landed on July 21, 1994 wi... More

Asan Panorama, National Parks gallery

Asan Panorama, National Parks gallery

Asan Beach Unit - Asan and Agat Invasion Beaches, War in the Pacific National Historical Park. This beach was one of the landing sites during the World War II U.S. military invasion of Guam.

View from Ga'an Point at Agat Beach toward Mount Alifan

View from Ga'an Point at Agat Beach toward Mount Alifan

Agat Unit - Asan and Agat Invasion Beaches, War in the Pacific National Historic Park. During World War II, Ga'an Point was a stronghold for Japanese forces, who utilized the natural caves and crevices of the l... More

View towards Asan Beach from the Asan Overlook

View towards Asan Beach from the Asan Overlook

Asan Inland Unit - Asan and Agat Invasion Beaches, War in the Pacific National Historical Park. The sloping topography and associated views across the island contributed to military strategy and outcome during ... More

Stairs at Asan Beach - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Stairs at Asan Beach - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Asan Beach Unit - Asan and Agat Invasion Beaches, War in the Pacific National Historical Park. Like other defensive structures built at the site, the stairs are protected and somewhat concealed by the island's ... More

World War II Remnant on the Island of Guam

World War II Remnant on the Island of Guam

Piti Guns Unit - Asan and Agat Invasion Beaches, War in the Pacific National Historical Park. Many structures and emplacements remain from the World War II landscape, such as this gun. The Piti Guns Unit of th... More

Hibiscus bloom, War in the Pacific National Historical Park, 2016.

Hibiscus bloom, War in the Pacific National Historical Park, 2016.

Hibiscus belong to a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family. This large family contains several hundred species native to warm-temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. Plants in... More

Plumeria (Plumeria) blooms, War in the Pacific National Historical Park, 2016.

Plumeria (Plumeria) blooms, War in the Pacific National Historical Par...

Plumeria is a common name for a genus of flowering dogbanes. Beautiful to look at but don't touch, as their sap may irritate eyes and skin. Each plumeria species bears differently-shaped alternate leaves with d... More

Plumeria (Plumeria) blooms, War in the Pacific National Historical Park, 2016.

Plumeria (Plumeria) blooms, War in the Pacific National Historical Par...

Plumeria is a common name for a genus of flowering dogbanes. Beautiful to look at but don't touch, as their sap may irritate eyes and skin. Each plumeria species bears differently-shaped alternate leaves with d... More

Hibiscus bloom, War in the Pacific National Historical Park, 2016.

Hibiscus bloom, War in the Pacific National Historical Park, 2016.

Hibiscus belong to a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family. This large family contains several hundred species native to warm-temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. Plants in... More

Bamboo orchid (Arundina graminifolia), War in the Pacific National Historical Park, 2016.

Bamboo orchid (Arundina graminifolia), War in the Pacific National His...

The bamboo orchid is the sole species of its genus, Arundina. Blooming in summer and autumn, showy flowers open in clusters of no more than ten. They even bloom in succession!

Scaevola blooms, War in the Pacific National Historical Park, 2016.

Scaevola blooms, War in the Pacific National Historical Park, 2016.

More than 130 tropical species belong to the genus of flower plants Scaevola. Common names include scaevolas, fan-flowers, half-flowers and naupaka (its Hawaiian name). The common names stem from its appearance... More

Plumeria (Plumeria) blooms, War in the Pacific National Historical Park, 2016.

Plumeria (Plumeria) blooms, War in the Pacific National Historical Par...

Plumeria is a common name for a genus of flowering dogbanes. Beautiful to look at but don't touch, as their sap may irritate eyes and skin. Each plumeria species bears differently-shaped alternate leaves with d... More

Plumeria (Plumeria) blooms, War in the Pacific National Historical Park, 2016.

Plumeria (Plumeria) blooms, War in the Pacific National Historical Par...

Plumeria is a common name for a genus of flowering dogbanes. Beautiful to look at but don't touch, as their sap may irritate eyes and skin. Each plumeria species bears differently-shaped alternate leaves with d... More

Plumeria (Plumeria) blooms, War in the Pacific National Historical Park, 2016.

Plumeria (Plumeria) blooms, War in the Pacific National Historical Par...

Plumeria is a common name for a genus of flowering dogbanes. Beautiful to look at but don't touch, as their sap may irritate eyes and skin. Each plumeria species bears differently-shaped alternate leaves with d... More

Seaman Jennifer Meister, assigned to the submarine

Seaman Jennifer Meister, assigned to the submarine

Seaman Jennifer Meister, assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable, throws bushes into a truck during a community service project at the War in the Pacific National Historical Park. Frank Cable conducts ... More

Sailors assigned to various commands in Guam participate

Sailors assigned to various commands in Guam participate

Sailors assigned to various commands in Guam participate in an international coastal cleanup community service project at the War in the Pacific National Historical Park. (Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Claire Farin)

Seaman Jay Lee, assigned to the Naval Computer and

Seaman Jay Lee, assigned to the Naval Computer and

Seaman Jay Lee, assigned to the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, participates in a community service project at the War in the Pacific National Historical Park. (Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class C... More

Typhoon Pongsona damage (20038559714)

Typhoon Pongsona damage (20038559714)

Damage from Typhoon Pongsona in 2002 at War in the Pacific National Historical Park, Guam

Typhoon Pongsona damage (20474382059)

Typhoon Pongsona damage (20474382059)

Damage from Typhoon Pongsona in 2002 at War in the Pacific National Historical Park, Guam

United States Marines - USMC-111203-M-LS108-091

United States Marines - USMC-111203-M-LS108-091

Marines with Marine Strike Fighter Attack Squadron 115 examine one of three Piti guns, Japanese-made Vickers-type Model 3 140 mm coastal defense guns, in their original emplacements during a comprehensive tour... More

War in the Pacific National Historical Park brochure map selection

War in the Pacific National Historical Park brochure map selection

Crop of brochure map indicating the properties owned by the War in the Pacific National Historical Park