Wow, what a neat project to see history and show your respects
I’ve been reading a lot the past few years re the War in the Pacific . . .I would like to do as you have done one day
I imagine that as bad as the war in Europe must have been, it was nothing compared to fighting in the Pacific, with the unbearable heat, the jungle, and all the deadly critters that were around, much less the Japs themselves.
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.