CONCRETE STRONG point at roadside has open slots for firing against troops on the road. Concrete is reinforced to protect snipers.
VIEW of strong point on Dadi Beach shows large cave dug into rock and covered artillery emplacements formed with concrete.
STRONG POINTS
IN ANY attack against a Jap-held island fortress the enemy has the advantage of shelter offered by carefully prepared foxholes, pillboxes and strong points of various types. He has expected invasion and has prepared a system of barricades, trenches and tank ditches designed to slow down the American invader, while Jap snipers and machine gunners harass him from well-defended positions. It costs many American lives to crack through natural and manmade obstacles to tackle and overwhelm strongholds of AA and machine gun positions and exterminate the enemy.
On Guam the Japs applied careful planning and workmanship to building a series of strong points protecting possible landing beaches. Pictures on this page show conversion of Adetegan Point into a highly fortified defense position. large cave with a 30-foot diameter had been dug into the rock and covered artillery emplacements adjacent built of stone and concrete blend with the surrounding rock. An underground trench served as communication between gun emplacements and the cave used as barracks.
