Yona
Prounced "Joan-ya", Yona is a village on Guam's eastern coast, just south of the crux where the island seems to bend in half. Like Talafofo and Inarajan, no major action happened here, and there are very few features to be found.
This partially destroyed bunker was built by the Japanese south of Ylig Bay. Today, you can find it by parking in the Mt. Carmel cemetery (be resepctful!). Hike out to the ocean, which you can see from the cemetery, and then go north a bit. The bunker is back in the encroaching brush.
This Japanese fortification was created by modifying an existing natural cave. You can see the remaining portion of the concrete gun port wall on the right side of the opening. This emplacement, on the north side of Ylig Bay, has a mate on the southern side of the bay's mouth, also a natural cave modified into a gun site. These are off the beaten path; you have to access them by small dirt roads on either side of the Ylig river bridge, and then be prepared to get your feet wet at a couple of points. Below is the view south over Ylig Bay from the fortification in the above photo.
