Japanese Caves & Hideouts of Guam!!! | History Traveler Episode 240
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- čas přidán 17. 09. 2022
- One of the horrific hallmarks of the fighting in the Pacific during WWII was the caves that covered the islands. As the U.S. moved from one island to the next on it's approach to Japan, the burden of clearing these caves would fall on the soldiers and Marines. In this episode, we're visiting a few varieties of these caves and hideout that were used by the Japanese during WWII.
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My father, an Army Combat Engineer, was involved in the cave fighting on both Guam and Okinawa. He only mentioned it a few times over the years but I could see it had a heavy affect on him. It was the worst part of fighting in the Pacific for him.
I think that dude taught survival classes upon returning to Japan. There were two others along with him for a number of months. After hearing from not only American soldiers but also locals on the island with loud speakers that the war was over his compadres walked out of the jungle and resumed life. I believe it took family of his coming from Japan to convince him the war was truly over. What a bull headed dude.
Caves are why God invented hand grenades and the Flame team.
As a native of Guam that lived near one of the marine landing sites (Agat) seeing my island again brings back many recent memories. The fact that you have also done research beforehand and going out to these places are incredible Thank you. Also if anything if you ever wanted to check out the cave where Sergeant Shoichi Yokoi was living in after the war you can head over to Talo'fo'fo Falls it's one of the many tourist spots you can visit but sadly must pay to see it. Thank you again!
My mom was an Air Force brat and lived on Guam for some time in the 60’s when my Grandpa was stationed there. And she told me she remembered hearing stories about Japanese soldiers still hiding out in caves not knowing that the war was over.
The guy who held out on Guam knew the war was over. When I live there between 1969 and 1971 you couldn’t miss the Japanese P2 Neptune patrol planes, with big rising Sun’s on their wings. He had just been so heavily indoctrinated that to surrender was the ultimate dishonor, that he held out for 28 years until we got sick.
This is one of the best channels on CZcams for this type content. Your heartfelt presentation of these WWII sites to us is really appreciated. You bring a human element and they are a joy to watch and experience. If I had the money and time, I'd visit everyone of these sites in the Pacific and Europe. I'm drawn to them from by my relatives that served in WWII in these two areas of operation and died there. Thanks again for brining this content to us...
Guam is going to capsize from overpopulation one day.
I was on this island as a Vietnamese refugee at the age of eight years old with my family in 1975. One time, we stumbled across a Japanese soldier skeletal remain in a cave still holding his rifle.
Its awfull JD!! how can Eric put you through all this?? mosquitoes? heat? climbing around furry critters? you should QUIT!!! I will be landing at Won Pat later today?? where are we staying??..LOL..Did you go to Marbo cave?? B-29 at pati point?.My father in law went ashore with Vandergrift on the canal. A year later he went into a hospital(shell shock) and stayed until late 44. When my wife and I adopted(1984) 3 Korean babies he had a tuff time for about a month. Then he loved them like his own blood. He is missed
Another excellent episode, especially interesting to me since I was a Marine stationed on Guam for 16 months in 1975-1976. In our free time on Guam, we would explore the area on our base on the Southern part of the island and go what we called 'boony stompin.' We were taking a break when, for some reason, I decided to climb a tree that I was leaning against that was next to a rock face. When I got up about 20 feet I found an entrance into an untouched cave from WWII. It contained a Japanese mess kit, folded shelter halve and sandals made from Jeep tires. We brought back the items to our Company office that put them on display with a Japanese machine gun found by another group of Marines a year or two before. Also, I understand about the mosquitoes. I was literally bitten to death the first half of my tour on Guam but then built up some kind of immunity to them the second half of my stay. To this day, mosquitos don't bother me while people around me get eaten alive! Thanks, again for the video!
What you said about mosquitos and heat without even gear much less being shot at…I had the same feeling in July at Gettysburg. God what our combat grunts have gone through, through ages, to pass us freedom….🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸
As for hide outs on Guam I sure hope you do an episode of George Tweed's hide out during the occupation of Guam. The only American sailor left on the island. Quite a story.
You read about the fighting in the Pacific theatre but you can't really understand the nature of it from books. I've often thought this and your video has probably proved me right. It's much easier to appreciate the difficulties watching you battle the jungle and the inevitable insects and to imagine doing that while fighting for your life against an implacable foe is just that much more real for me now. Great job again JD
I was stationed in Guam in the early 2000’s in the Navy. I regret not exploring the island very much. I did see a few things and found a lot of spent shell casings from the battle on the command where I worked. But a lot of the cool relics I did see were underwater while scuba diving.
That shot of you walking through the dark tunnel with the flashlight, beautiful
That last japanese soldier was most definitely dedicated to the mission. Yes, I'd hate to have to go in those tunnels also. Thanks for showing.
It's always a pleasure to come in from feeding the animals in the morning and finding a new video from you.
I lived here for over 50 yrs but haven't been to some of the places you've been, now I'm too old to go there, so thanks for showing the world. 👍👍👍😁😅🤣😘😘😘