| Description: | Aerial view of the Northern Beachhead and Nimitz Hill area. In center foreground is the newly constructed CINCPAC Headquarters on Nimitz Hill. At the top center is the Piti Navy Yard and the causeway leading out to Cabras Island in Apra Harbor. At the top right, Asan Point, located at the southern end of the northern 1944 landing beachhead projects out into the Philippine Sea. Looking southwest- US Naval Station. The coastal super highway known as Marine Drive can be seen following the coast at the top. This and all the paved highway visible in the foreground had been constructed between August 11, 1944 and April 16, 1945. April 1945. (National Archive 80- G- 346125) |
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