War Relics - Kent Treptow

War relics in the western Pacific

Crepuscular rays mimic the Japanese battle flag as they rise over...

A half-submerged American M4 Sherman tank rests in the lagoon...

Like a lost Mayan ruin, a concrete slab protects a...

Japanese bottles, lit by a headlamp, glow in the darkness...

The wreckage of a U.S. Marine Corps F4U Corsair fighter...

Japanese gas masks break into their respective parts - air canisters,...

A saki cup found in the jungle at the site of...

This large shell was bulldozed into a cave with other...

A gun slit betrays a Japanese bunker carved into shoreline...

Fragments of burlap cling to a corroded bullet casing.

This is one of only a few intact Japanese grenades I...

A Japanese Aichi E13A seaplane plane lies upside down in...

A Japanese Aichi E13A seaplane rests on a sandbar 20...

Corroded forks and spoons on a plate.

Jungle foliage spills into the mouth of a large cave....

American .50 caliber bullet casings. These were likely fired from...

War relics are not the only things found in island...

A crumpled shirt or uniform preserved in a rarely-visited cave....

Iconic split-toe boots were one of several types used by...

A cave opens to the turquoise waters of the Philippine...

A small ceramic jar found in the jungle.

A cache of cave artifacts. Though this cave is within...

Many types of bunkers are found on the islands. Some...

Copper-jacketed bullets, green from oxidation, litter the ground outside an...

The Imperial Seal, or Chrysanthemum Seal, is visible as a...

A well-preserved boot in a remote cave.

American Mk II grenades, the classic "pineapple" grenades of World...

Daylight enters a Japanese bunker through a hole blown in...

Most island airports are built over existing WW II airfields,...

Unexploded ordnance is stored in a manmade cave in Saipan....

A tree felled by a recent typhoon lies in the lagoon on...

The abandoned airstrips at North Field on the island of...

Atomic Bomb Loading Pit 1 sits in a corner of Tinian's abandoned...

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