Tinian & Saipan WWII Sites - Atomic Bomb Pits & More - Adam Koralik

It's Adam Koralik here and today we're traveling to Tinian in the CNMI, a US territory. This continues our three week adventure, and the fourth of TWELVE episodes. This episode will have a heavy focus on World War II sites in Saipan and Tinian. Tinian is famous as the place where the Enola Gay took off from to drop the atomic bombs on Japan.
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[@josephkumnick7696]

Hey guys! Thank you! I was living on Saipan from 2002-05. Was there on Tinian to visit for a couple days. What an Improvement!

[@srichie1914]

appreciate this. my grandfather was in the all black 24th infantry regiment that was assigned to Saipan and Tinian in 1944. In his belongings there is a military map of Anatahan

[@AdamEatsTheWorld]

Thanks for watching!

[@InfectedJello]

If it weren’t for this video, I would’ve never known about this place. Especially the blowhole. Cool stuff!

[@abrahamrivers4250]

I was in tinian back in 2002, we set up camp on able runway, military tents up and down the runway. We were there for marine corps training, tinian looks nothing like it did back in '02, it got very modernized. we used to go to the dynasty when it was still open. Saipan was nice too

[@stevepette]

I was on Tinian in 1981 with the USMC , we were there rebuilding the runways on North Field when they started thinking about reopening the bases!!

[@AdamEatsTheWorld]

Thank you for your service!

[@Dookie15]

Underrated video! This was great! Liked & subscribed. :) I've been to the A-bomb dome and Hiroshima museum in Japan. Very interesting to see where it all started in Tinian. Mixed feelings for sure seeing both sides of it. Thank you for filming these smaller islands and showing these gems to the world.

[@patland1762]

My grandfather was a colonel in the USMC in the Pacific in WWII and part of the occupation of Japan. I have a WWII samurai sword he brought back and a 15th century one.

[@makadawn8567]

Your videos have been helping my homesickness, thank you so much for the content!

[@AdamEatsTheWorld]

Happy to help, thanks for watching.

[@AdamKoralik]

So...you went to one of the most historic and obscure sites in the world to...eat a burger?

[@CCH3900]

I mean, it's good tasty content.

[@InfectedJello]

Don’t forget the blowholes!

[@aaldrich1982]

This is an unintendedly good political take on tourism

[@doreenp7594]

What is the name of the hotel you were staying at? Planning a trip to Saipan soon ☺️

[@AdamEatsTheWorld]

Residence Lodge.

[@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct]

That empty hangar space looks like it could be prime real estate to rent out to open a Hard-Off/Book-Off, complete with overhead railing to sell used guitars

[@PTRRanger951]

I love these videos. That first bunker was for ammo storage, not planes. Too small for that and none of them would have fit though the doorway. But it was to protect the ordinance. From attack, sabotage or accidents. If something was to explode, it would be confined to that one bunker, and not destroy everything they had. The overhead beams would be to move the bombs in and out. Makes moving 200-500+ pound bombs easier in and out. There would be a trolley on the rails with chain pulley systems to raise and lower them. There would be things that connect the different sides, just like railroad tracks where at junctions, a small piece of track will move over next to the other one to make the wheels go from one track to the other. Amazing the history that is there. I wish one day I can visit there. I would want to spend a month there trying to explore as much as I could on the islands.

[@pjb111]

Crazy good video

[@AdamEatsTheWorld]

Much appreciated!

[@ramoncabrera9872]

Wow! Thanks for featuring Tinian Adam - always wondered how Tinian looks like today as part of CNMI - did see variety of cattle grazing in the fields in the video. As the history goes the colonial gov't harvested cattle in Tinian during colonial days.

[@AdamEatsTheWorld]

Thanks for watching!

[@barrygrant2907]

My Seabee dad was on Saipan and Tinian. I did not learn until shortly before he died that he did all the surveying for the atomic bomb pit layouts. He had a picture of the Enola Gay, but it's been lost.

[@darktetsuya]

amazed at all the history still left over from WWII, like that whole ass TANK just sitting there?! (the blowhole was kinda neat too!) always appreciate a history lesson with these videos whenever possible. also as always some really good looking food!

[@AdamEatsTheWorld]

What did your wife think?

[@Mishiikiins]

@@AdamEatsTheWorld i love stuff like this! it reminds me of the stories my grandfather used to tell me when i was a kid he served in WW2. he passed away some time ago but if he were alive he'd have loved seeing this!!

[@darktetsuya]

@@AdamEatsTheWorld oh thanks for asking! she just replied a second ago :)

[@AdamEatsTheWorld]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@johnhanson9245]

The second Atomic Bomb drop was not from the Enola Gay. It was from "Bocks Car". That aircraft is on display I believe an Air Force museum.

[@AdamEatsTheWorld]

Yep, I was wrong. I corrected that in my Washington DC video.

[@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct]

1:21 "I went to the Eté Café to get coffee and honey bread …" *but I found a HARD-OFF inside and scored a lot of cool pickups for my next PlayLoad*

[@leonesiom]

Yes!!! We're going to Guam!!! I'll be there in a month to do Navy stuff.

[@AdamEatsTheWorld]

Awesome! I have a few videos out already there, but there's more coming.

[@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct]

9:49 a Blockbuster to rent cars out?? Looks like they're beginning to expand past Bend, OR!!!

[@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct]

12:33 that looks like a road that has been more heavily traversed than the 405 in LA

[@debg8622]

Oooo! I should try that honey bread next time I get home:)

[@AdamEatsTheWorld]

Yes!

[@EmilyEverglot]

Apparently, Japan only owned Tinian as of WW1 and unfortunately there were very few ethnic Chamorros left on the island at that time. I'm curious if you were to choose to live on one of these islands, for a year, which one do you think it would be?

[@AdamEatsTheWorld]

In the CNMI or including Guam?

[@MaxH0ward]

19:50 the best fallout gun😎

[@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct]

30:33 next time on PlayLoad: *I scored these sweet crutches from the Majesty Chinese Restaurant on my trip to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands*

[@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct]

26:34 that Yap currency was offered to Adam to purchase the Pluto prototype off his hands but neglected to realize that Rog is its true owner

[@Justdoingourbest2012]

I hope you will be heading to Rota my island home

[@AdamEatsTheWorld]

Not on this trip unfortunately, next time!

[@ilcool90]

How much does that short flight between islands cost ?

[@AdamEatsTheWorld]

I think the round trip was like $100. I don't really remember.

[@barrygrant2907]

One correction: Fatman was not loaded onto Enola Gay, it was loaded into Bock's Car.

[@bigoranget]

How long is the flight from Saipan to Tinian?

[@AdamEatsTheWorld]

Ten minutes.

[@PTRRanger951]

That project at the airport is going to suck honestly. You can google the project numbers and see what they are. P-9021 is just to do earthwork, and drainage, with WILL also include DEMOLISHING WW2 structures that are close to it and in the way. P-9022 is for a parking apron to park 12 aircraft. It's to support USAF operations, but doesn't sound like it will be a full base or anything. Just an expansion to the international airport that is already there, allowing it to better serve any military operations. But the demolishing of the WW2 stuff is what sucks, hopefully it will just be old airfields and nothing else. This is what the project is: "The work for this project includes, but is not limited to, site development for Air Force access to Tinian International Airport, including a cleared and level site with paved road access, security fencing, extensive earthwork, drainage, electrical and water utility connections, demolition of WWII-era airfield pavements, construction of a water well, Munitions and Explosives of Concern work, and all other requirements for a complete and usable project. The work will also include one (1) pre-priced option for construction of an aircraft parking apron and taxiways, with associated shoulders, using airfield established concrete and hot mix asphalt standards. The parking apron will be sized for 12 KC-135/KC-46A aircraft and includes hydrant piping and related components to support 12 fuel valve pits. The taxiways are required to meet DoD standards for ground control operations for large frame aircraft. The project includes all necessary supporting components for a complete and usable facility. In accordance with FAR 52.217-7, Option for Increased Quantity - Separately Priced Line Item, the Government may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 360 days of contract award."

[@marklettow6610]

What hotel do you recommend on Saipan? Looking for a nice one.

[@AdamEatsTheWorld]

That largely depends on your budget. They have high end ones and budget ones. The one I stayed in last time was called Residence Lodge. I showed it a bit in the previous video.

[@marklettow6610]

Thanks. I am looking for a real nice hotel. @@AdamEatsTheWorld

[@AdamEatsTheWorld]

If the money doesn't matter, check the Garapan area. I think there's a Hyatt Regency there.

[@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct]

28:33 liquid chemical things, I would have taken that very literally had I not noticed the screenshot of the Kool-Pop box

[@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct]

2:55 "there's this big *bomb bay* to check out" Did they change it to a _Mumbai_ after WWII??

[@JERealize]

Dang, beat me to it.

[@KevKlopper]

Come play battlefield 1943, it's a great retro multiplayer game. Still super active

[@QnRyche]

Rails are for loading bombs and ammo

[@AdamEatsTheWorld]

Thanks!

[@cax1175]

Weird areas to look for Loopy games, not gonna lie.

[@JERealize]

You brought up the Enola Gay but not the Bockscar? I had hoped you would mention that the Bockscar carried Fat Man to Nagasaki.

[@AdamEatsTheWorld]

I'm ashamed to admit I didn't know that.

[@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct]

32:07 You would know General Tso is an American if you referred to him by his full name: "General Tsoel Tschumacher"

[@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct]

0:33 a Bank of Guam that's not even in Guam … *_is it at least a BANK!?_*

[@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct]

11:52 Lechon is popular among Filipinos, too bad I don't really eat pork anymore

[@CCH3900]

Today we join Adam and his local Saipan friends as they go to the historical island of Tinian, where the check out some remainants of the World War II Bomb pits and other US military installations. They also eat food, cause well it's in the channel name. - I, even watching got a real aura of significant history looking at those bomb pits just thinking of what that meant once those bombs were loaded. I can't imagine what it must have been like standing there in person looking at them. Thanks Adam, as always. Also nice BLOW HOLE.

[@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct]

16:20 those bomb pits are slabbed and graded by someone who did a better job than WATA

[@kinavillanueva8030]

🤙😊🇲🇵🤙

[@neccros007]

Otter Pops?

[@user-lt8cs3yk1n]

Did they charge you extra to bring the other plane back from Saipan?

[@AdamEatsTheWorld]

Extra? We just paid for a round trip.

[@user-lt8cs3yk1n]

@@AdamEatsTheWorld 27:38 "They basically determined that he and I are too fat to fly with Glenn. So he gets to go first, and then they bring a special plane just for us." I was wondering whether the "special plane" that you're referring to costed extra.

[@AdamEatsTheWorld]

Oh oh, no. They just had the next one take us. They're in constant rotation. There's flights between the islands all day long.

[@KamoteCueBBB]

MAN GUY IS CHEWING PUGUA.

[@AdamEatsTheWorld]

Is that...good?

[@michaelflores156]

Oh nice you noticed it 😅

[@Whisky_4_1]

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[@The_Soulbutcher]

I seriously thought the MAGAS burger was a Trump burger lol.

[@JERealize]

No, the Trump Burger's in Yokosuka, Japan.

[@The_Soulbutcher]

@@JERealize yeah I saw the video where he goes to that restaurant. I plan to get that when I go there in a few weeks. That burger probably screams diabetes when you bite into it lol.

[@emilymiller1853]

General taos chicken is a CHINESE invented dish.

[@philstevens3821]

Nobody is interested in the food! Stick to the history

[@AdamEatsTheWorld]

No, you aren't. You don't represent everyone, don't be a jerk.