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APRIL 20, 2015: OUT AND ABOUT

TAPACHAU, OLD JAPANESE LIGHTHOUSE, AIRPORT AREA, LAU LAU AREA
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Amber and Jason look down toward Susupe from Tapachau, the "top" of Saipan.<br /> <br /> Feel free to Tweet, Share, or Like.
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Amber and Jason look down toward Susupe from Tapachau, the "top" of Saipan.

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  • Amber and Jason look down toward Susupe from Tapachau, the "top" of Saipan.<br /> <br /> Feel free to Tweet, Share, or Like.
  • Jesus and Ali.
  • Entering the top deck of the old Japanese Lighthouse.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Lighthouse_%28Garapan">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Lighthouse_%28Garapan</a>,_Saipan%29
  • The steel platform used to be the "track" on which the beacon rotated.
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  • Jason takes a photo of Amber on one of the old Japanese army tanks.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_tanks_of_World_War_II">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_tanks_of_World_War_II</a>
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  • Inside the major Japanese bomb storage magazine. The railing above had a trolley hanging from it to allow fetching of the heavy bombs. You can see at the rear wall some memorial decoration, likely left recently by Japanese.
  • You can see how the overhead rail extends out the door to allow the bombs to be brought out for quick deployment.
  • The entire structure is thick reinforced concrete, then covered over with earth, in the hope that any accidental detonation would be contained in this area.
  • Japanese anti-ship canon bunker overlooking Lau Lau. From Ali's expression I would almost imagine that the thing still works.
  • Amber looks right down the barrel.
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