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Last Command Post
To the North,
across from the road heading to Bonzai
Cliff, is a half cave, half bunker where the last Japanese
commanding officer in Saipan led his battle. |
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You can climb the stairs recently added
to go inside the Last Command Post or hike on the paved trail
which leads around to the rear of the bunker. A large hole enters
one side of the bunker and exits the other. This was caused by
a direct hit from a round fired by a U.S. battleship off shore.
If you line up those holes you see where the battleship fired
from. There are some large Japanese guns artificially positioned
around the Last Command Post. On the back side of the bunker
are the high rock cliffs which are the base of Suicide
Cliff. You can see the discolored holes in the side of the
cliffs where rounds fired from battleships blew large pieces
off the rock. The park-like grounds are beautiful with many Japanese
and Korean peace memorials. My family and I often have our Sunday
picnic there.
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Blast hole from offshore battleship. |
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