| Dededo |
Dededo is Guam's largest village. Sitting on the western side of its territory is the Naval Computer and
Telecommunications Station (NCTS). As with all of Guam, all of the land NCTS sits on is battlefield, but there
are a few sites of specific interests if you can get base access. Other places in Dededo that have some nifty sites
are Tnaguisson Beach and the remains of Harmon Field (now the Harmon Annex), which also lie in the Tumon-
Tamuning-Harmon area (and will be covered there).
Telecommunications Station (NCTS). As with all of Guam, all of the land NCTS sits on is battlefield, but there
are a few sites of specific interests if you can get base access. Other places in Dededo that have some nifty sites
are Tnaguisson Beach and the remains of Harmon Field (now the Harmon Annex), which also lie in the Tumon-
Tamuning-Harmon area (and will be covered there).
The NCTS Command
building has two Japanese
12 cm guns displayed
outside. The image above
is one of the them; the two
images at right are a front
and rear view of the second.
Sept. 2004.
building has two Japanese
12 cm guns displayed
outside. The image above
is one of the them; the two
images at right are a front
and rear view of the second.
Sept. 2004.
This rough-hewn open-air gun
port is one of two on the
north of end of Tanguisson
Beach. In the above photo, a
lone fisherman stands in the
water. At right, the incoming
tide washes into the gun port's
opening. This and the other
gun port (photos are below)
were intended to shelter
soldiers with manchine guns
March 2005.
port is one of two on the
north of end of Tanguisson
Beach. In the above photo, a
lone fisherman stands in the
water. At right, the incoming
tide washes into the gun port's
opening. This and the other
gun port (photos are below)
were intended to shelter
soldiers with manchine guns
March 2005.
In the inset photo, a lone banana spider hangs
out on its web inside this old gun emplacement.
out on its web inside this old gun emplacement.
The other gun port, several yards north
of the previous one. Lined with
concrete, this port shows a higher level
of military craftsmanship. To give you
an idea how hard these types of
fortifications are to see--in the above
photo, the gun port is the small hole in
the left side of coral rock. March 2005.
of the previous one. Lined with
concrete, this port shows a higher level
of military craftsmanship. To give you
an idea how hard these types of
fortifications are to see--in the above
photo, the gun port is the small hole in
the left side of coral rock. March 2005.
The very northern end of Dededo sits on land once
occupied by the lost village of Machanao. Machanao was,
like Sumay, erased by the war. A few pre-war artifacts lie
scattered about like old bones. Above: The Cruz family
water catchment, built in 1920. Right: Low concrete wall
fragments are the remains of the pre-war house of Mister
Vincent L. G. Torres and family. Today these ruins sit on
the grounds of the U.S. Geological Survey. Nov 2005.
occupied by the lost village of Machanao. Machanao was,
like Sumay, erased by the war. A few pre-war artifacts lie
scattered about like old bones. Above: The Cruz family
water catchment, built in 1920. Right: Low concrete wall
fragments are the remains of the pre-war house of Mister
Vincent L. G. Torres and family. Today these ruins sit on
the grounds of the U.S. Geological Survey. Nov 2005.
