| Description: | The Orote airfield on the Orote peninsula and Apra Harbor. At center right is a aerial view of the Orote Airfield, which was constructed by the Japanese 1942- 1944, and enlarged and improved by the US Navy after August 11, 1944. Marine planes (VMF-225) began flying their first combat missions over Guam from the captured Japanese Orote field on August 7, 1944. Apra Harbor is in the center of the photo. February 13, 1945. (National Archive 80-G- 346025) |
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