Unai Lagua Japanese Defense Pillbox (Q19840970)

matcher place: Northern Mariana Islands (relation 306004)
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English Wikipedia categories: Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in the Northern Mariana Islands, Military installations established in 1943, Northern Mariana Islands stubs, Oceania Registered Historic Places stubs, Saipan, World War II on the National Register of Historic Places in the Northern Mariana Islands

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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Unai Lagua Japanese Defense Pillbox is one of the more unusual surviving World War II-era Japanese fortifications on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. It is located at the southern end of Unai Lagua (Parrot Fish Beach), which stretches along the northern shore of the island. The pillbox is fashioned out of poured concrete and coral boulders, and uses natural rock formations as part of its walls. This construction was necessitated by a severe shortage of building materials on the island as the Japanese prepared the island's defenses against the advancing Allied forces in 1943–44. The use of natural materials and terrain had the added benefit of rendering the position nearly invisible to aerial or offshore observation.

Wikidata location: 15.2722, 145.8260 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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military facility (Q18691599)	military
National Register of Historic Places listed place (Q19558910)	heritage:operator=nrhp
building (Q41176)	building=yes, building
pillbox (Q92069)	bunker_type=pillbox

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Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in the Northern Mariana Islands	place=islet, place=island, admin_level, boundary=protected_area, boundary=administrative, historic
Military installations established in 1943	landuse=military, military, type=site, site=military
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