I forgot I’ve also been to Singapore, Nanking, Shanghai and lived in Hong Kong. So it isn’t just the US battlefields I’ve been to.
You can’t get to Iwo Jima or Midway or Wake without a special permit that I can’t get.
Since I live on Guam and Tinian and Saipan are near by they were easy. Some of the others were a bit tougher. Chuk and Kwajalein Atoll are pretty easy to get to from here as is Tarawa.
Many of those islands are rather ugly now but you can still see the burned out tanks and artillery pieces.
The War in the Pacific museum on Guam is a great stop.
I bought a DVD that begins with the landings and carries through the land battles and ends with an honors ceremony for the troops of both sides. Iwo Jima is an enormous cemetery and and allows visits only once a year. I don't know anything about permits but visitors are restricted to relatives of those interred on the island.
Regards,
GtG
Very cool
Hadn’t heard of the museum. Hopefully I can get out your way some time.
Happy Memorial Day