Bruce M. Petty   Saipan Island

Photos by Bruce Petty taken on Saipan Island 1995

Shinto Shrine
Torri Gate
Part of a Shinto Shrine in the jungle

Budda Statue
Budha Statue
Found near a cave. This is one of the hundreds, perhaps thousands of caves on Saipan where soldiers and civilian hid.

Shrine
Cave and shrine on Navy Hill
Visible is a letter, incense and prayer sticks left by Japanese pilgrims who return to the island every year to honor their dead.

Cremating Remains
Japanese Remains

Cremating Ceremony in 1995 on Marpi Airstrip

Skeletal Remains
Skeletal Remains
Japanese soldier on a hill North of Mount Tapachau along with remains of three other Japanese.

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Japanese Bomb Shelter
Aslito Field, 1995

Tunnel
Japanese Tunnel
Dug into the east side of Hill 767 above Achugo

Gun Ravetment
Japanese Gun Revetment
Located at Naftan Point. Most of the gun mounts were found on the docks at Tanapage Harbor

Type 97 Chi-Ha Tank
Japanese Tank

Type 97 "Chi-Ha"

155 mm Hard Stand
Hard Stand for 155mm Gun

"Long Tom" gun of 33rd Coastal Artillery.

Hill 721
"Fourth of July Hill" Hill 721
Were elements of "G" Company 4th Marine Division were hit by Japanese forces.

Death Valley
"Death Valley"
Where the 27th Infantry Division under General Ralph Smith took casualties. "Bloody Nose Ridge" is in the background.
B-29 Engine
Engine from B-29
Crashed near Mount Tapachan, 1996

Naftan Point
1995

 

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