MARCUS ISLAND – Fourteen months at Loran Station Marcus Island – 1977-1978

 

USCG LORAN STSATION MARCUS Electrician’s Mate 1/c R. Alan Ladd 1977-78 (Photo by Allan Ladd)

 

USCG Electrician’s mate 1/c Alan Ladd “boonie stomping” on the northern end of Marcus Island in 1978. Holding a Japanese Type 99 gas mask cannister in his right hand and a US M-1942 canteen cup in his left hand. Relic hunting in one of the WW2 bunkers on Marcus Island 1978 (photo Alan Ladd)

 

South beach of Marcus Island 1977 Ruins of the fortifications from the Japanese occupation of Marcus Island during World War 2. (Photo Alan Ladd)

 

Ruins of Japanese World War 2 fortifications on South Beach Marcus Island 1977 (Photo Alan Ladd)

 

Ruin of a Japanese World War 2 fortification on South Beach Marcus Island 1977 (Photo Alan Ladd)