How Hans Hornbostel met Gregorio Sablan in the 1920s
The Guam Recorder announced in early 1924 that Hans Hornbostel was headed for the Marianas to conduct research for the ...
Tag: Saipan
Hans Hornbostel goes to Saipan (1924)
The Guam Recorder remains an indispensable companion to learning about prewar Guam. It covers departures from and arrivals on island, ...
Garapan’s Japanese Jail
Historic District
There remain only a few extant Japanese Period structures left on Saipan but none of them as storied as the ...
WWII Maritime Heritage Trail
Visiting archaeologists have touted the prospects for heritage tourism in the Northern Marianas. One of them, Dr. Jennifer McKinnon, had ...
Unai Bapot: Oldest settlement
in Remote Oceania
Unai Bapot, an ancient Chamorro settlement in Laulau, on the island of Saipan, may potentially be the oldest of early ...
Tinian, Seabees, and the bombs
that ended WWII
In 2008, I had the privilege to accompany WWII veteran Hap Halloran and Jerry Facey to Tinian for a day ...
The first operational
airbase in Micronesia
The Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International Airport sits on two historic airfields: Isely Field (formerly named Conroy Field) and Aslito Airfield. ...
War widows of Aichi Prefecture
Japanese widows make an annual visit to Saipan to pray for their departed husbands who fought during the fierce battle ...
Ray Hagley left a trove
of rare WWII photos
STAFF Sergeant Raymond Hagley left his family a legacy of rare color Kodachrome slides. Little did his son Greg know that ...
Japanese soldier survived
on snails in Saipan jungle
Long after Captain Oba Sakae had surrendered to the American forces on Saipan, a paratrooper stayed behind several more months ...