Japanese Coastal Battery
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Kiribati, Micronesia
This impressive Japanese heavy coastal battery can be found along the southwestern coast of Tarawa. One of the two 8 inch Vickers guns was disabled by a direct hit on the barrel during the Battle of Tarawa in 1943.
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