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Guam Part 1 |
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We spent one day on Guam at the end of the tour. Guam is a popular Japanese tourist stop and has a large American military presence. Much of the island is heavily developed, but it is still a nice place to visit with many beautiful areas. |
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View from the Guam Outrigger Hotel in Tumuning. The airport can be seen on the horizon. |
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Tumon Bay from the Guam Outrigger Hotel |
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Our first stop was a tour of Anderson AFB. |
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B-52's |
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Tail section of Old 100, a B-52 that had been dismantled as part of the SALT treaty. A typhoon blew this section into the jungle in 1987. |
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Tarague Beach |
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Arc Light Memorial for the missions flown over Vietnam from Guam. |
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Our tour group (most of us.) |
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Base museum. Original construction drawing for North Field, now Anderson AFB. |
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Base museum. B-29 propeller blade. |
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The museum has a nice collection of Micronesian handicrafts. |
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Birds carved from a coconut. |
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Guam part 2 |
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