Blunts Point Battery

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The Blunts Point Battery, also known as Blunts Point Naval Gun or Matautu Ridge Gun Site, is a gun battery on Matautu Ridge near Pago Pago, American Samoa. It was part of the fortification of the Samoan Islands which took place after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and is a rare example of a World War II Pacific coastal gun which remains in relatively pristine condition. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987.

1942  Wikidata
artillery batteryUnited StatesUnited States

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Location: -14.2854, -170.6769, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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