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Harbor as U.S. Forces arrived Mount Chachao/
on the shores of Guam. This Mount Tenjo Unit
site is a World War II memorial This southern site provided
that includes bronze signage Japanese defenders with a
explaining the war. Visitors view of approaching U.S.
can also learn from carved troops landing at Asan Beach.
bronze walls that display the The trail, a popular site for
names of American soldiers hikers, leads to foxholes,
War in the Pacific National and people who faced adver- Piti Guns Unit trenches, and a WWII Ameri-
Historical Park sity during the war and the One of several defense posi- can gun placement.
Comprised of seven different Japanese occupation. The site, tions devised by the Japanese,
park areas – both on land and where U.S. Marines landed on this site houses three Vickers Agat Beach Unit &
under the sea – the War in the July 21, 1944, contains guns, type Model 3 140mm coastal Ga’an Point
Pacific National Historical Park caves, pillboxes, and 445 un- defense guns. Under the Japa- This southern
operated by the National Park derwater reef and relics. nese occupation, local Cham- area was strategi-
Service honors all who partici- orros were forced to build cally chosen by U.S.
pated in the Pacific Theater this site and others like it. Forces as a landing
of WWII, including those from The guns present have a firing point during their
the United States, Japan, and range of more than 10 miles, invasion of Guam
the Allied nations. Spanning a which was detrimental to ap- in 1944. While ulti-
total of 1,000 acres, the park proaching U.S. Forces. Later mately, the plan was to capture
hosts thousands of residents on, the site housed an Experi- Orote Point to the north, Ga’an
48 and visitors each year. Infor- mental Agricultural Station Point and the entire Agat beach- 49
mation can be obtained at the funded by the U.S. Department front was used to first offload
T.Stell Newman Visitor Center of Agriculture. supplies and equipment used in
near the U.S. Naval Base Guam
entrance on Marine Corps
Drive. You may also contact
the park at 1(671) 333-4050 or
visit www.nps.gov.

The seven sites of the park Asan Bay Unit
include: Between the War in the Pacific
National Historical Park’s Visi-
tor Center and the War in the
Pacific Park Unit in Asan is
a small memorial dedicated
to more than 16,000 U.S.
soldiers who contributed to
the island’s liberation from
Japanese forces in 1944. The
Asan Beach Overlook Unit jungle near this area encom-
The overlook provides visi- passes caves, pillboxes, a
tors with virtually the same bridge, several foxholes, and a
view the Japanese had of Apra 75mm mountain gun.