| Maite & Tiyan |
Maite (pronouced "mighty") is a small
village sitting atop the coral plateau of
central Guam. Squeezed in with the
villages of Mongmong and Toto, the
general area is usually referred as the
'Mongmong-Toto-Maite" region.
Tiyan (pronounced "tee-jen"), located
right next to Maite, hosts the Antonio B.
Won Pat Guam International Airport. This
area was originally a Japanese airfield, built
by forced labor during the war. After the
American liberation of 1944, the airfield
was renamed Brewer Field.
During the Cold War Brewer Field
became Naval Air Station Agana. In 1995
NAS Agana was decommissioned and the
International Airport took over all the
property.
A number of the old Navy housing
structures have been occupied by local
residents, some of whom have been able to
return to ancestral lands. Much of the rest
of Tiyan has fallen into disrepair as the
airport authority plans more development.
village sitting atop the coral plateau of
central Guam. Squeezed in with the
villages of Mongmong and Toto, the
general area is usually referred as the
'Mongmong-Toto-Maite" region.
Tiyan (pronounced "tee-jen"), located
right next to Maite, hosts the Antonio B.
Won Pat Guam International Airport. This
area was originally a Japanese airfield, built
by forced labor during the war. After the
American liberation of 1944, the airfield
was renamed Brewer Field.
During the Cold War Brewer Field
became Naval Air Station Agana. In 1995
NAS Agana was decommissioned and the
International Airport took over all the
property.
A number of the old Navy housing
structures have been occupied by local
residents, some of whom have been able to
return to ancestral lands. Much of the rest
of Tiyan has fallen into disrepair as the
airport authority plans more development.
Between the post-war development of the Naval Air Station and the
post-1995 conversion to a fully civilian airport, the only possible
remains of the WWII Brewer Field might be these foundations.
Running like stair-steps south from the runway, they are the remains
of large quonset huts and other structures. They may have been laid
as far back as 1944 and 1945. No Japanese structures, other than the
bed of the runway itself, remain. At the far end of this view south is
the Mongmong-Toto-Maite area. March 2005.
post-1995 conversion to a fully civilian airport, the only possible
remains of the WWII Brewer Field might be these foundations.
Running like stair-steps south from the runway, they are the remains
of large quonset huts and other structures. They may have been laid
as far back as 1944 and 1945. No Japanese structures, other than the
bed of the runway itself, remain. At the far end of this view south is
the Mongmong-Toto-Maite area. March 2005.
This small monument to the
USMC's 5th Field/Service
Depot stands along Route 8
in Maite, just outside a U.S.
Navy water pump substation.
March 2005.
USMC's 5th Field/Service
Depot stands along Route 8
in Maite, just outside a U.S.
Navy water pump substation.
March 2005.
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The Christian Servicemen's Center, a hospitality house maintained by Guam's Bayview
Baptist Church and Mission to the Americas, sits on the site of the old Marine Corps Camp
Five, just south of the airport. This ministry was founded in 1957 in an abandoned Marine
Quonset hut on this spot, and Bayview Baptist Church was founded in another Quonset a few
yards north. These original buildings were destroyed by a typhoon in 1964, and the current
Center building, seen here, was built in 1965 by Sea Bee's from the nearby NAS Agana. The
Christian Servicemen's Center has a commanding view overlooking northern Agana Bay, one
of the landing sites of the Japanese's 1941 invasiion. Dec. 2004.
Baptist Church and Mission to the Americas, sits on the site of the old Marine Corps Camp
Five, just south of the airport. This ministry was founded in 1957 in an abandoned Marine
Quonset hut on this spot, and Bayview Baptist Church was founded in another Quonset a few
yards north. These original buildings were destroyed by a typhoon in 1964, and the current
Center building, seen here, was built in 1965 by Sea Bee's from the nearby NAS Agana. The
Christian Servicemen's Center has a commanding view overlooking northern Agana Bay, one
of the landing sites of the Japanese's 1941 invasiion. Dec. 2004.
