A group of stranded survivors
of a Japanese vessel sunk by the American military found their way to
the island of Anatahan, 75 nautical miles north of Saipan.
The island’s coast
line is precipitous with landing beaches on the northern and western
shore and a small sandy beach on the southwest shore.
Its steep slopes are furrowed by deep gorges covered by high grass.
This brooding cone
jutting from the sea floor is a large, extinct volcano with two peaks
and a grass covered flat field, the final resting place for a B-29
Superfortress that crashed upon returning from a bombing mission over
Nagoya, Japan on January 3, 1945 killing the aircraft’s crew.
