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The Queen of Anatahan

The Queen of Anatahan. Mariana Islands. Anatahan Aerial. Elevation: 788m (2,585 ft.) Area 32 sq. km (12.3 sq. miles). 12-14 June 1944. Sunk: Otori Kokku Maru Batavia Maru Hinko Maru Kamishima Maru Imizu Maru Nitcho Maru Reikai Maru Tenryugawa maru Bokuyo Maru Fukoku Maru

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The Queen of Anatahan

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  1. The Queen of Anatahan E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  2. Mariana Islands E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  3. Anatahan Aerial Elevation: 788m (2,585 ft.) Area 32 sq. km (12.3 sq. miles) E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  4. 12-14 June 1944 Sunk: Otori KokkuMaru Batavia Maru HinkoMaru KamishimaMaru ImizuMaru NitchoMaru ReikaiMaru Tenryugawamaru BokuyoMaru Fukoku Maru Moji Maru Tsushima Maru TatsutakawaMaru E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  5. Survivors Struggle Ashore to Anatahan -The 31 Japanese men: navy seamen, army privates, and four merchant ship captains, are met by: -KikuichiroHiga, the Japanese assistant island manager, and one Japanese woman, Kazuko Higa. -45 native Carolinians were also on the island. E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  6. Saipan-based B-29, T Square 42, from the 498th Bomb Group, 875th Squadron, 73rd Wing crashed on 3 January 1945 on Anatahan E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  7. 24th Army Regiment, from USS Marsh, LCI(L)-1054 and LCI(L)-1082, landed on Anatahan on 10 May E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  8. U.S. Marsh – 10 May 1945 E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  9. U.S. troops on Anatahan10 May 1945 E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  10. U.S. troops on Anatahan10 May 1945 E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  11. 28 July 1945 6th Marine M.P. Battalion Again, the Marines landed at night and approached the village, but the Japanese had moved and were not located by the Marines. Natives removed in September 1945. E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  12. LCI 984 – 1 January 1946 E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  13. LCI 984 – 2 January 1946 E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  14. “Queen Bee” of Anatahan E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  15. “Queen Bee” of Anatahan E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  16. “Queen Bee” of Anatahan E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  17. “Queen Bee” of Anatahan E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  18. Army Demolition Teams E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  19. Rescue Party at Anatahan Anchorage E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  20. Charlie Dock, Saipan, June 1950 E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  21. Kazuko Higa – The Day of Her Surrender E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  22. “Anatahan Queen” Arrives E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  23. Kazuko Higa – 24 December 1952 E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  24. Small Boat Approaches Anatahan E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  25. Junji Inoue the Day After His Surrender at Anatahan, June 1951 E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  26. Junji Inoue’s Personal Implements E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  27. Junji Inoue Reads Document Urging His Compatriots to Surrender. E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  28. “Operation Removal” E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  29. The Last Surrender of WWII – Anatahan, 30 June 1951 E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  30. Navy Physicians E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  31. Repatriation to Japan E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  32. Saga of Anatahan – The Movie E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

  33. Books E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

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