Orote Field

Orote Field is a former air base in the United States territory of Guam built by the United States Marine Corps and the United States Navy (1921-1931). It was captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy at the start of World War II and remained under Japanese control until the end of July 1944, when it was taken back by the USMC. At that time the Seabees of the 3d Battalion 19th MarinesLLP (25th Naval Construction Battalion) got the airfield operational. The airfield itself, built on the Orote Peninsula, was one of many on Guam, and was closed for good in 1946, but still sees some use as a touch-and-go training strip used by C-130 Hercules crews located nearby on Andersen Air Force Base.[2] [3] The old airfield was used to house evacuees from South Vietnam in 1975[4] and was used as a tent city for the 1999 Tandem Thrust military exercise.

Orote Field
Center of runway looking west. 1966 photo.
Nearest cityAgat, Guam
Coordinates13°26′13″N 144°38′30″E
Built1921
NRHP reference No.75002149[1]
Added to NRHPJune 18, 1975

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Orote Field". National Park Service.
  3. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Orote Field". National Park Service. and accompanying photos
  4. Dunham, George R (1990). U.S. Marines in Vietnam: The Bitter End, 1973–1975 (Marine Corps Vietnam Operational Historical Series). History and Museums Division Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. pp. 225–7. ISBN 9780160264559. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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Aerial view of Orote Field, 1945
Orote Field, showing the tent city living facilities for deployed U.S. Military personnel during exercise Tandem Thrust, 1999.


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