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War in the Pacific National Historical Park
Fonte Plateau Unit
 
Fonte Plateau

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Fonte Plateau

Once a Japanese naval communications center, Fonte Plateau unit is located on Nimitz Hill, overlooking Asan Bay. Site of one of the more bitter battles between the U.S. Marines and the Japanese, the high land of Fonte Plateau, later renamed to Nimitz Hill, was once the CINCPAC headquarters for Admiral Chester Nimitz.
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Piti Gun  

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The three guns located in the Piti Gun Unit were never fired during the War? Japanese soldiers and local laborers never mounted the guns in time.

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Last Updated: March 03, 2007 at 11:20 EST