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Unai Lagua Japanese Defense Pillbox

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Unai Lagua Japanese Defense Pillbox is located in Northern Mariana Islands

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.

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