Location
Palikir is the capital of the Federated States of Micronesia. Palikir is a rural district about six miles west of Kolonia. When a prominent ridge is crossed you are in Palikir.

Palikir Airfield (Airfield Number 2)
Japanese built airfield

PBJ-1H "Love Bug" Bureau No 35275 Tail MB-6
Pilot Love crashed February 6, 1945

Search Light Installation
The Japanese had a large concrete searchlight installation on the summit of this hill which is still there today. The whole hill is crisscrossed with trenches and emplacements for field guns. Photo by Stan Gajda.

Stan Gajda reports:
"I have found a few 6.5mm and 13mm cartridges up there. In recent years some yahoos undid the searchlight and rolled the drum down the hill where it finished up in the bush near the PBJ wreck and all smashed up."

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Last Updated
May 14, 2011