ICYMI: Family trip to Saipan
Greetings PHG fans, in order to bring some attention to the immense amount of help that the residents of Saipan and CNMI will need to clean up after Super Typhoon Sinlaku last week, we're re-posting this blog entry from February 2025. I urge all who can to donate to the American Red Cross who is helping residents to recover from this terrible storm. Thank you! Although Sinlaku may have caused catastrophic damage to Saipan ad her historic sites, a trip to the island is neverth
Tony Boccia
Calling all Hawai'i Friends: help us with the page!
Hello PHG fans! As we're now in the second year of Pacific History Guide, I'm digging into the analytics behind the page, to gauge which areas are doing well and which need some help. Although many pages are under single-digits in views, one sticks out to me in particular: Hawai'i .Because of this low turnout, and also because I hold my own experience in Hawai'i in such high regard, I'd like to write about it today. Although I've only been to Hawai'i once, and only to one isl
Tony Boccia
OTD: Birth of Yamamoto Isoroku
Greetings PHG fans! Today, 4 April is the 142nd anniversary of the birth of Takano Isoroku, who, as commander of the Imperial Japan's Combined Fleet under the name Yamamoto Isoroku, oversaw the Navy's entry into the wider Pacific War. The last known photograph of Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, on Rabaul 18 April 1943 Yamamoto is one of the more famous Japanese figures of the Second World War and probably the most recognizable among Imperial Japan's many Admirals. Perhaps best know
Tony Boccia