Japanese 75mm Type 88 Anti-Aircraft Gun Lugga
This Japanese anti-aircraft gun was captured after the U.S. Marine landings on 7 August 1942. It currently stands near the entrance of Honiara International Airport.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Matthew Stevenson
- Pacific Wrecks
Nearby
Museum
- Betikama College War Museum - Honiara
- Barana Village Museum - Honiara
- Solomon Islands National Museum - Honiara
Point of interest
- Honiara International Airport (Henderson Field) - Lungga
- Fighter 1 (Lunga Field) - Honiara
- Remains 1st Marines Headquarters - Tenaru
Monument
- Solomon Islands Memorial Garden - Lungga
- Japanese Veteran Memorial Bench Guadalcanal - Tenaru
- Marine Raiders Monument - Tenaru
Cemetery
Fortification
- Edson's Ridge - Hill 123 (Hill 2) - Tenaru
- Edson's Ridge - Hill 80 (hill 1) - Tenaru
- Japanese Coastal Battery Red Beach - Koli Point
Ship wreck
- Shipwreck USS John Penn (APA-23) - Ironbottom Sound
- Shipwreck USS Serpens (AK-97) - Ironbottom Sound
- Shipwreck USS Colhoun (DD-85/APD-2) - Ironbottom Sound
Crash site
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