ICYMI: Battles for Guam talk with WW2TV
Greetings PHG fans, back again with another talk for WW2TV, this time focused on the battles for Guam in 1941 and 1944. Having been to Guam many times and been stationed there for several years, I had the opportunity to walk many battlefields and explore some of the more obscure monuments and memorials around the island. It was a pleasure to get with Woody and the WW2TV community to discuss the Battles for Guam, and once again I focused on the Japanese side of the battle, spe
Tony Boccia
HMAS Parramatta wreck - Bar Point, New South Wales, Australia
Welcome back PHG fans, today we're headed to Bar Point, Australia, roughly an hour north of Sydney, New South Wales. There's a famous wreck here, HMAS Parramatta. The ship saw extensive service during the First World War, particularly the capture of German New Guinea and New Britain in 1914. Later in the war, the ship served in the the China and Philippine Seas, where she became the first Royal Australian Navy (RAN) ship to sink a submarine. Parramatta also served in the Medi
Tony Boccia
Miyako-Jima, Okinawa, Japan
Hello PHG readers, today we're headed to Miyako-Jima, Japan. This small island group is one of two in the Sakishima Islands, which lay situated to the west of the Ryukyu Islands, between Okinawa and Taiwan. The five principal islands of this group are Miyako (the largest), Irabu, Tarama, Minna, and Ikema. The main island group is surrounded by reefs, shoals, and sandbars, as you can see on google maps. There's been several prominent shipwrecks as a result of these reefs being
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