Location
Located in the northern portion of Tanapag Harbor, near Garapan and Tanapag off the west coast of Saipan Island.
Wartime History
Used as an emergency airfield, also known as Chalan Kanoa
Today
There is no physical evidence of the It
is now part of Beach Road. The emergency
strip was incorporated into
the local road network.
Bruce
Petty adds:
"The beaches in this area where the marines and army
landed in 1944 are now lined with hotels, restaurants, and
shops, patronized mostly by Japanese tourists."
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