HIDDEN JAPANESE GUNS IN THE WWII JUNGLES OF GUAM! | History Traveler Episode 238

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@michaelguy5151]

They got the natives to do it.

[@wecanwatersports4151]

Beware of The Tatamona 🫵😊

[@kenm.6746]

I literally live down the street from Piti Gun Point.. Our church is just at the base of the site. As a Chamorro native from Guam, Thank you for representing our beautiful island🇬🇺 Si yu'os Ma'ase🤙🏼

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Oh man. I was there on a Sunday morning. I should have stopped in at the church.

[@brianadams6628]

Do they still have those caves near Agana closed & barricaded because of unstable Japanese ordinance buried within?? 🤔

[@FredSmith-s5t]

No longer Agana: Hagatna - I lived on Guam with PatWingOne and worked with the P-3 squadron from 1978-1981.

[@kenm.6746]

@user-zq4zi3dy3c Hagatna is the Chamoru word for Agana🤙🏼 just a fyi.. every village on Guam most people only know the English way of pronouncing the word.

[@jefferyfowler7860]

The work the locals put into moving the guns into position must have been brutal. Great video JD.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Can’t even imagine. Awful how they were treated.

[@jordanhicks5131]

Lugging anything thru the jungle is a chore, even when you are willing. I cant imagine at the end of a bayonet

[@Vonlang001]

When I was in Guam in 1986 I asked about the Piti guns and if it was possible to get up there to see them. I was told "you don't want to go up there, it's not clear and there are snakes." I had to wait quite a few years, but I finally got to see them thanks to you. Thanks JD for all your great work.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Interesting. Thanks!

[@steveoconnor7069]

Whoever you were asking didn't want to go. I had to ask repeatedly to go to where the navy signalman Tweed hid out and I finally gave up.

[@brianadams6628]

hafa adai, Was there all of '86 also @ navmag. Scuba dived the ww1 & ww2 ships sunk bow to bow. Found a Japanese zero on the beach that was shot down- it was full of sand and the engine was blown out, but still in the surf in about a foot of water rusting away. Also me & 2 others found a 500 Lb US airdrop munition that didn't go off. We put it in a toyota p/u for EOD - and found out she was still Live. Also explored a cave & found a ww2 marine's dogtags- sent it to Quantico. Very beautiful island- Do the chammoros still talk of Taotaomona?? i wish i Lived there now. 😁

[@MamaDee_83]

You make history fun, enlightening, real and enjoyable. Thank you for all you do!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@leevillagomez9390]

Yes ! Thank you for your time and sharing your knowledge in the history of these places you traveled to. May our dear lord bless you always and keep you safe on your travels and daily life. Thank you. ☮️

[@christophertipton2318]

My oldest nephew lives on Guam with his two sons. He's a pilot for United Airlines. They love living there and spend a lot of their free time exploring the island, scuba diving, and other water sports. He has also gone over to Saipan a couple of times to explore where my father (his grandfather) fought. I sent him maps and photos to use on his trips.

[@leevillagomez9390]

Thank you to your father for his sacrifice and service and Thank you for you and your families sacrifice as well. Just know that your father is a Hero for helping to re-liberate our island of Guam from the Japanese and saving my parents and what was left of our Chamorro families. May God bless you and your family always. 🫡🙏❤️

[@stevekovacs6250]

We lived on Guam from 1954 to 1958 while my Father was stationed there. As a child playing there 9 years after the Japanese surrendered there were still many weapons left in the jungle by the Japanese when they left. My brothers that were older found all sorts of stuff buried in the boondocks and then there were the Japanese soldiers still in the caves above us that hadn't surrendered and still hanging out there.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Wow!

[@beats6558]

hey guy from guam here, just to add to the story (less about the guns more general knowledge) before Japan invaded Guam the whole island was a naval base with american soldiers and their families living here, weeks maybe even a month before the invasion every american on the island was ordered to leave Guam due to the U.S having knowledge of the invasion. During japans stay on Guam they had Concentration camps on the island where they would march Chamoru people to their death. we also have old spanish cannons from when the spanish invaded guam... lots of invasions going on lol

[@Kadukunahaluu]

Kinda annoying with the invasion stuff, but at least we have red rice and lumpia! A shame our culture, language, and people suffered for it though... minamalao

[@patrickmccrann991]

No, that is not correct. The Naval facilities on Guam were quite small before the war and there were still America sailors and Marines when the island was occupied. The military dependents were evacuated, as were all dependents on other islands, prior to the war as a precaution.

[@fredv7487]

Thanks JD for making the hike for us. And thanks so much for all the hard work you do to make this a great history channel. Stay safe and happy trails.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Glad to share the experiences. Thanks.

[@jimreilly917]

I’ve always been fascinated by WWII history. I’m 55 and still learning. In HS some of the men who taught me fought in WWII and Korea. Thanks for taking me where I’d never get to go. And for keeping this history alive.Great job as always.

[@gregwilliams635]

I lived in Piti 1967/1969 and hung out and played around these guns. There were no stairs and the trail was heavily overgrown with tanga tanga. We didn’t have brown snakes back then but major spiders and wasps/hornet nests. In fact the gun with the concrete wall had a wasp nest the size of 3 footballs. All of the guns were overgrown like gun #2 you showed. The trail started behind the church (I assume is still there) and my elementary school was across the street. I was 8/9 and my brother was 5/6 and we would go up there. My parents were clueless where we were. I have an old photo of it I took with a black and white Polaroid. I can email it it to you if you’re interested. I’ve been following your Guam and Saipan videos and think you’re nuts going into the caves. When we’d go in they were loaded with rats and spiders like out of Indiana Jones. Keep it up. Guam has changed in 55 years!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Wow! Yeah, I’d like to see that photo. My email is [e-mail].

[@howardjohnson6189]

Thanks for sharing your story. I would imagine you have plenty more regarding your childhood years on the island.

[@kennethclaar922]

Sounds like you were lucky my to survive . Lol

[@leevillagomez9390]

Thank you for sharing you past while on Guam! Un Dankalo Na Si Ju’us Ma’asé. 🤗

[@leevillagomez9390]

@bert1450 I believe that Japanese soldiers name is Yokoi.

[@phyllishershkowitz3806]

With the weather the way it is I can't imagine how the soldiers felt carrying equipment, dressed in uniforms/helmets it must have been so difficult to deal with.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

It’s a different kind of hot there.

[@Greatwealthgentleman]

And all that while having to deal with suicidal enemy, and nonstop threat of death & horrors of war

[@gordonhamilton5576]

Having never been in a climate controlled environment most of their lives helped I am sure.

[@briancooper2112]

And humid

[@michaeldowdy3176]

Guam is like the Philippines 90 degrees and 2000% humidity. I live beside the beach at least their is a breeze I can’t imagine how hot it is with no wind at all. Kauai in Hawaii actually has the most feral chickens in the world I thought it may be Key West

[@cynditermath9118]

So, the guns weren’t used during the invasion. What a great boon for the landing troops. So many times it’s not the expert tactics of the allies that were of such value, but as in this case, the failure of the enemies’ strategies that must have helped carry the day. Thanks for the interesting video, JD!

[@daj4777]

Thanks!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Wow! Thank you!

[@lynnreed829]

My dad fought in the battle starting from June 1944. He was a SeaBee. I think he stayed there until the end of the war. He was training for a parachute jump into Okinawa when the war in the Pacific ended. He didn't tell us much, but what he told made it sound as awful as you can imagine watching these videos. Thank you for bringing this history alive.

[@stevenm3823]

Guam was a hard fought and costly battle and it's unfortunate it has not been given more attention by current WWII authors and historians, I'm a big WWII history buff and I've yet to find over all these years a good well written objective book about the battle.

[@matthewneddeau7993]

There’s so many battles and stories of WW2 that there is never going to be enough coverage of the war.

[@bryanquichocho1280]

Thx bro🤙🏾 I hope one day you can visit the islands, take care🤙🏾.

[@craiglizt8074]

You're so right. It's saddening to me. My father was there as a young teenager when Japan occupied Guam and he had frightening stories of what he saw as a young boy. I cannot imagine what he and many others went through, nor can I imagine the relief for them all as US arrived and turned it all around. God bless the US military!

[@leevillagomez9390]

Yes! Thank you to the US Military for your unselfish sacrifice and saving what was left of our family and friends. Si Yu’us Ma’ase and May God Bless You all always. 🫡🫶🏽

[@cyndiebill6631]

I love the sound of the roosters. I wake up to them everyday lol. That jungle is amazing and beautiful. I can’t imagine fighting under those conditions in all that heat and humidity. TY for another eye opening video.👍😊

[@NoThankYouReally]

Hah was just thinking "the sound of tropical islands the world over"...the rooster! Great for whacking centipedes and other nasties you don't want bothering inhabited areas.

[@judygrandstrand9784]

The effort you make to bring us these artifacts and insights is incredible. I am so appreciative of all you do!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@ED-ti5tc]

Them guns looked pretty good for their age. Great history teacher! I'm late on this video but the way your doing and talking/teaching, makes you not want to miss anything. Thanks

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks!

[@PeterOkeefe54]

Alright JD!! I had to pause it at 1:00 to catch my breathe...your video exhausted me climbing those steps..gimme a minute.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

😅

[@Wreckdiver59]

Very cool to be able to see these still there. I imagine the difficulty of getting them back down was a big reason. That looked like a hot sweaty mess just walking up there to see them. Interesting that they weren't used.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

A hot sweaty mess is a good way to describe it. Suffocating heat.

[@boondocker7964]

@@TheHistoryUnderground I'll turn up the A/C and drink a Heineken while watching this vid.

[@shawnnevel3892]

Thanks for the memories, stationed there in the early 90’s with NMCB 40. Walked those very steps myself, love the channel. Keep up the great work!!!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@tomsmietana61]

I was stationed there with NMCB 74 from in 1986 thanks for showing this

[@felkerforcongress]

Very well put together. Appreciate you bringing this history back to life.

[@olentangy74]

When I arrived on Guam in 1975, I flew in about 10 at night. I remember stepping out of the plane cabin and that Western pacific humidity closing down on me like a blanket. Welcome to Guam, JD! After a while you just accept it. It is something to think about the older tree growth and how the GI’s would have walked by the very same trees in 1944.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Yeah, the heat and humidity are just suffocating there.

[@olentangy74]

@@TheHistoryUnderground I hope you visited Telfofo Falls, JD. It is near where the last Japanese soldier surrendered in 1972. And it is a very refreshing place to swim!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

@@olentangy74 - Went to that area but the cave area is privately owned and was closed when I was there.

[@olentangy74]

@@TheHistoryUnderground There is also Tweed’s Cave, named after navy radioman 1st class George Tweed. He evaded capture when the Japanese invaded in December 1941. He hid in a cave in the middle of the west side of the island for 2 1/2 years before being rescued by an American destroyer on July 10, 1944. It was made into a movie called “No man is an Island”. It’s an amazing story. We used to snorkel on the beach near the cave.

[@patrickmccrann991]

No GIs. The island was recaptured and patrolled by Marine units.

[@bigal1337]

What are men and women had to fight thru for our freedom, not to forget especially on this 9/11. Another great story on our history! Thank you!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@agospelminuteonguam]

We live on the opposite side of the island from Piti. You nailed it with the chickens comment. Until you've been here, seen them, and heard them, you just cannot comprehend how many there are here on Guam. Any given day will see at least 20-30 walk through our yard. Jungle chickens are pretty harmless, and not enough meat on them to warrant harvesting.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

I think that there are more chickens than people. 😅🐓

[@themississippigospelminute]

@@TheHistoryUnderground without a doubt! Brown tree snakes, too.

[@YuckFoutube-e1z]

Chicken soup maybe?

[@simmonsfoursome]

Thank you so much for your time, effort and expense in taking us on these trips back in time and explaining those events in a true and unfiltered narrative that, personally, I feel is now being edited in a way that diminishes the true impact and sacrifice of all those involved and impacted to a point where future generations will not appreciate what their grandparents experienced. Thank you for keeping their memories alive.

[@larryburwell8550]

Well thanks buddy for using your legs and camera to share this history lesson with us all. Thank you

[@Jenjane55]

Huge respect to our soldiers for what they endured.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@jaredevildog6343]

Thank you for that. Us veterans appreciate it.

[@Jenjane55]

@@jaredevildog6343 Yes Sir. Thank you for your service.

[@stefanschleps8758]

The Greatest Generation in deed.

[@margaritasantos8382]

@@jaredevildog6343 You are appreciated! My husband is also a veteran. And I am glad to say that I am a retired VA nurse. And honestly! It was such a pleasure serving my veterans that I still keep in touch with several of them. Even after moving to Minnesota.

[@JackFlemingFan1]

As always thanks for another excellent video from you and for keeping WW2 history as well as other histories alive for all to see and for generations to see and learn too.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@luckydelauta3859]

I lived on Guam on 3 separate occasions and my first and most lasting impression of the island was the moment I stepped off the air conditioned plane into what felt like a wall of humidity. I spent a total of 17 years on the island so I know what you were feeling as you hiked up that trail and, like you, I am still stunned at how much effort it must have been to get those guns to their emplacements.

[@dronenoobFL]

I always look forward to your videos, you are my favorite channel by far. I find WWI and WWII immensely interesting and your videos help peak my interest but also add a bit of humanity to them and I appreciate that. Thank you for all that you do!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks!!!

[@bryanquichocho1280]

Buenas and Hafa Adai thx again for the vids bro, I am happy that you are here and I hope you enjoy your visit🤙🏾. I need to visit Piti and check those guns out as I've never been there.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks! Enjoyed my time there.

[@ual737ret]

I was based in Guam with the airline I worked for in the mid nineties . I remember seeing a Japanese gun in a beach gun emplacement and also a crashed Marine Corsair on a jungle historical trail.

[@josephbabauta3503]

"Chickens all over this Island". True statement !

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@batshitcrazy23577]

Thanks JD!! You truly do bring history to life! So glad I had subscribed to your channel. Keep up the good work. 👍

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

That means a lot. Thank you.

[@agentmueller]

Loving this Guam series Teach. Thanks for all you do JD! Man that breach block was massive on gun number 3, thank god they weren’t ready yet to be used against our boys.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thank you. Appreciate that.

[@Which.witch.hazelbazel]

Oooo I am adding this to my guam hike list!! There's a ton of history here for sure. Will you be making more Guam episodes?

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Got a few more on the way. There are several more before this episode if you haven’t seen them already.

[@importpappa]

I'm so glad you made it to Guam. I was stationed there from April 77 to May 79, One of my biggest regrets for my tour of duty is that I didn't do very much exploring. I didn't even know about these guns at Piti. I did see the tank remains and explored some caves but honestly the heat and humidity kept me from doing so much more. Thank you for all your videos. You are very well versed in wherever you are, and all your videos are informative and fun to watch.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

The heat is something else there. Glad that I could show a few of the things that you missed. 🙂

[@christopherboyd7177]

Im really enjoying this series about the Pacific theatre. Its impressive how you work your artifacts episodes into this. Keep up the good work

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks! I’ve been having fun with this one.

[@x-panther7365]

History teaches us to be compassionate in life greetings from Indonesia

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@jebbelew9428]

I just recently stumbled upon your channel. I thoroughly enjoy watching your adventures and keeping history alive. You have gained a subscriber.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@binaanderson7042]

I live here as well in DEDEDO. And yes think you for putting our elders and what they went through back then. We don't hear about it enough they should be remembered. Ty

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thank you.

[@hopalongjohnny9797]

I visited back in 09, and ran into some pill boxes on the beach at the naval station. One of the pieces of a B-52 is near the AFB that participated in Operation Linebacker I believe in Vietnam

[@antoinettemcquinney4637]

JD thank you so much for this series! We see so much of the ETO but so little of the PTO. Hubby's father served in the pacific in the places you have visited so it means a lot to us!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Happy to share the experiences. Thank you.

[@katiemyers4174]

Thanks for enduring the elements to share the soldiers' stories.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@SuperDamianjames]

Thank you JD, be blessed today!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@solo2r]

Very cool! Thx for sharing!

[@dcstark134]

I was conducting some training on Guam a few years back, and went to several of the sites mentioned in these videos.

[@daveblackburn5393]

Thanks for sharing. Love your u tube channel. You show alot of cool places I will never get to see in my lifetime. U do a real nice job of filming and telling all the history that is included. My hats off to thank you for showing. God bless Dave blackburn.

[@keithrobertson9075]

I live on Guam. Nice to see some local history make it to the web! The brown tree snakes are finally coming under control. Birds are back en masse.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks!

[@pigybak]

You’re a trooper for sweating it out for us. Thank you!!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@jeffhester1443]

Kenneth Maiforth makes a great point that brings up a good question. How did they dispose of japanese ammunition and explosives on the islands after each was secured. There had to be way too much to just pile it up and explode it. I wonder what they did? Someone watching this series must know.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

There was a spot on the north part of the island where they disposed of ammo.

[@kennysherrill6542]

After the war, most of it was barged out to sea and dumped, some were bulldozed if they were in the way of new construction. My Great-uncle was a Seabee during the war and he served all the way until Iwo Jima, he's passed now but he had some awesome stories. 👍👍👍👍👍❤️🇺🇸

[@bluesky6361]

I've been TDY to Guam twice, 2016 and 2017. My office mate and I worked 12+ hour days. On each trip we had 1 day off and toured all around the island. Fantastic views, WWII museums and memorials are great. Humidity is oppressive and spiders are scary. Would love to go back with my wife now that I am retired.

[@danupole10]

Cool video, brings back memories. I used to play there as a kid, my auntie lived at the bottom of the hill. 3rd Hypothesis as to why is was silent could be that the area is haunted and is known to have strange paranormal activity. Thanks Taotaomona ✌🏽 👻

[@mark-ib7sz]

Excellent content !!! Thank you very much.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks!

[@16Jmacd]

Please keep these videos coming! Loving the WW2 Pacific theatre coverage 👍🏼

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@jeffsquires6620]

Extremely interesting and informative as always. Thank you. Hard to believe the guns are 5 inch. They look huge.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Pretty crazy.

[@pyroman6000]

Naval guns like that are really meant to be permanently mounted on a ship, not.moved around a lot. And when they do, it's dockside with a big crane. They were built for durability, not portability. That, and coastal defense guns are typically older units scavenged from scrapped ships. Built with older technology. Those were likely made for WW1, or even earlier. If you've ever toured one of the US's museum ships, the 5"/51 and 5"/38 secondary guns are wayyy bigger than you'd expect, larger than a 155mm howitzer. (A 6 inch gun) these look to be high velocity guns, like our 5"/51s- which have massive heavy barrels and breeches.

[@jeffsquires6620]

@@pyroman6000 exactly, I was also thinking of the guns on Battleships.

[@jaredevildog6343]

Awesome! Please keep up the great work! Thank you. SEMPER FI !

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Appreciate that!

[@dietrichgw]

Great video as always., Enjoy you’re content

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@stephenrrose]

Great Video JD, always learning something from you! Also thank you for the workout to show us the guns! God Bless our troops!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@tedhardy6467]

I too was on Guam from January 1967 until June 1969..my father had taken a temporary posting from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth NH to the Ship Repair Facility in APRA Harbor to refit old WWII destroyers and destroyer escorts for the South Vietnamese Navy. We lived first in a rented house in Talafofo then later took another rental in Asan. I became friends with a school chum named Lyle Looney(Really his name!) and together we were doing a lot of "Boonie-Stomping" behind our homes. We one day came upon the first gun shown here(we never even knew there were three) and back then we could look straight down the barrel and see Apra Harbor and the Glass Breakwater quite clearly.. obviously the vegetation has grown significantly.. only now I wish we'd had the foresight to have taken photos...great report on some of the hundreds of spots on Guam with remnants of WWII and the struggle to liberate it from the Japanese.

[@warreningram7156]

I did 30 days in Guam in 2008, gulf shores of the United States are not that humid compared to Guam. Saw your other Guam Videos, did not think you could do Guam without the Piti Guns! Too bad you could not get on Anderson AFB and get a tour guide. I was amazed at the amount of WW2 History There, we were told Piti Gun #2 was knocked off its pedestal by a falling tree during a typhoon. Locals say after a typhoon hits, the hillsides are stripped clean of vegetation and you can see all the cave openings. There is a Japanese Memorial up by Anderson. also saw the hillside where Japanese Officers were executed for war crimes against the Chamarro people. Lastly, was told by US Park Ranger they were still finding un-exploded ordinance around the island !

[@johnlutz1347]

noticed the breach mechanism is still intact. cool vid. ty

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@Martin_luther_king_jr_3rd]

Brother I really appreciate the informational video (s) in regards to battles being fought. I'm a native from there and I believe their is still so MUCH history to be SHARED.🙂😊🙂

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Definitely. Thank you.

[@sportcardcollector9599]

Another Great Video Best Military Channel By Far I still Remember Your First Video Man Have You Done A Great Job With Your Channel 🍻🇺🇲

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@stefanschleps8758]

Thank you. And I extend my thanks to the Gettysburg Museum of History as well. Good job. New sub.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks 🙏🏼

[@johnschwalenberg278]

My Father Was a Medic in this battle , 3 week's on the line , can't thank this Generation enough for what they did

[@patrickmccrann991]

John, he would've been a Corpsman not a medic. Guam was recaptured by Marine units, which use Navy Corpsman. Army uses medics, similar job but somewhat different.

[@BobBrunetti]

As always thank you for the out of the way unknown WWII history! Keep it up

[@SubjectMatterNo1]

Still waiting on a brown tree snake sighting JD. Walked those same steps, seen fighting positions carved into the coral along the beaches. I cannot wait to learn more on your next episode! Hat's off to you, job well done!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks! No brown tree snakes on the trip. 🙂

[@JennaCee]

Just love this series. Thank you for making these. 🙏

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Glad you like them! Appreciate you watching.

[@tesladiesel2420]

When I see your videos pop up, it’s an automatic 👍 before even watching it. That’s how solid this channel is.. 😜

[@gazinbris]

Loving this series on the Pacific battle sites. I was in the Australian Navy and have had port visits at a lot of these islands. Hoping you get a chance to visit Corregidor Is and Wake Is as well.

[@lewismooredrums8870]

would love to go to all these places one day! great video as always

[@larrylongprong5219]

It would have been terrifying fighting in those jungles!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Rough environment for sure.

[@jetsons101]

I could almost smell the mugginess and feel the heat....... Thanks for your time and hard work.... OH, and climbing those hills.....

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

The heat and humidity there is suffocating.

[@jetsons101]

@@TheHistoryUnderground We could see it in the vid as you were climbing the stairs.

[@Shawnroberts1980]

Those guns are huge. So crazy. Thanks for another video JD.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@andreguillette6293]

never used ?? i think that was lucky for the Allies , 3 guns up there with a ten mile range i imagine could do some damage. Great Video TY

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Yeah, they were quite fortunate. Thanks for watching!

[@ericmailander3361]

Yes. Never USED. The US Naval Ships would have pulverized those guns had they fired in anger. Look at what happened when those same type of guns fired at US Naval ships off Tinian.

[@ogaugeclockwork4407]

When checking out Japanese Pacific gun emplacements, it’s always worthwhile trying to find manufacturer information, at least some of them were actually repurposed WWI field guns. Some of the turreted guns on Tarawa were actually made by Armstrong and Whitworth.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Interesting. Thanks!

[@rehkozzz]

I’m from Guam 🇬🇺 and To be honest this is a badass video dude 🤙🏽 and when your walking in the jungle, don’t gotta worry for anything bad except wild pigs and brown tree snakes 😭

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks! Appreciate it. Had a run in with some wild hogs but they didn't give me any problems.

[@rehkozzz]

Aha they just stare at you and just leave 😂

[@ChrisAldridge]

You'd never think that a place of such beauty was once a battlefield for two world powers.

[@kirkmarrie8060]

You are showing us things we never knew existed, or would ever see! Wow! Thank you

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Glad to share the experiences. Thanks for watching!

[@americanmilitiaman88]

I was a seabee deployed to guam 2010 2011. They were building a new base gym and found a 1000 pound bomb that wasnt exploded. Just feet from the orote point quarry. They had our blasting qualed guy excavate around it so EOD can get it. We found linked .50 cal ammo and a unexploded grenade at the quarry. I never did find what i wanted to find. A samurai sword clutched in a skeletons hand

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Wow!

[@keithhuotari2571]

Holy Mackerel! You do get around. Love it!! Thanks so much for this. :)

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@bluerebel01]

Excellent!! Thank you for sharing WWII history.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks for watching!

[@Nighthawk1966]

Very very cool stuff bro !!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@redzed40]

Extremely interesting and informative as always

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[@phantomtitan9792]

Those are some bad ass guns

[@robynw6307]

As an Aussie, I'd really love to see you do a video (or series of videos) on the Kakoda track. I'm pretty sure that the US wasn't there, but it would be interesting to see. Our Aussie soldiers endured a lot in PNG, just as the US soldiers did in the Pacific island battles.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

That would be something else to be able to go there.

[@jondoe399]

Great job JD. Thank you.

[@rodneywells4640]

Such an amazing show you guys produce thanks

[@davidtuttle508]

JD - quick question for you: I see that you have posted another video after the Hidden Guns. However, KZbin is stating that it's unavailable (due to being hidden). Will it become available? If not - can we (your community at large) get a quick synopsis on this? Thanks in advance. Dave

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

That one will go live on Wednesday. 🙂

[@Chiller01]

Some nice guitar backs/sides in that mahogany forest.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Definitely

[@margaritasantos8382]

My parents were WWII survivors. With plenty of horror stories of Japanese brutality! I’m almost certain they used native islanders to move all that up the hill, right before the onslaught of my people. Needless to say Islander’s were so excited to see American soldiers arriving onto the island shores. But Soldiers at first couldn’t tell friend from foe. So yes some islander’s were shot in the wake of their arrival as well. There are several books written on the Japanese/American invasion on Guam. Written by native islanders with stories passed down from our Elders. Or like we say on the island “Ë manåmko or mañainan mämë”. Islanders in general are very nurturing people. Young man I’m sure someone had to have reached out to you and offered you a traditional island style fiesta! If they did have fun!

[@ericmailander3361]

Fortunately, those war criminals (crimes against humanity) died a violent death on Guam.

[@marks1638]

One of my dad's first overseas assignments as an Air Force Military Police in late 1940's (later renamed Air Police in early 50's) was to Guam. I've got pictures of him in Hawaii and Guam wearing his MP uniform with his fellow MPs. He spent several months on Guam guarding Air Force facilities. He said he got to learn some Japanese in case they ran into Japanese survivors. Several dozen Japanese soldiers and sailors were known to running around Guam after refusing to surrender. They would occasionally take pot shots at the bases or outlying facilities, but usually stayed to themselves to avoid capture. One of the gates he was responsible for guarding came under fire one night. But they never found the shooter. Years later he chuckled at the story of the two Japanese soldiers who finally were captured or surrendered in 1972.

[@scottdixon9950]

Brings back memories, I was stationed on Guam in the early 1990's

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@kennethmaiforth6460]

I am sure there must be a sealed off cave in the area that would have held the powder charges , and shells for those guns .they could not leave those exposed to naval artillery or air attack one hit and all is lost. When I see you sweat in a t shirt I think of our gis going through that same jungle in full fighting gear laden down with ammo being shot at ,what they went through God bless them.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Good point.

[@misterbaker9728]

Thanks again. Love the pacific

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[@reloadncharge9907]

Another interesting episode….thanks, Andrew

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[@kerri2522]

Learning so much! Great work as always!