{"id":156,"slug":"gaan-point-hagat-guam","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Ga'an Point is the centered — the 'Agat Beach' that's the landing's name, the 'July 21' that's the '44's dawn. The 'missed' is the survived — the 'bombardment' that's the prep's fire, the 'pillboxes' that's the point's teeth. The 'tanks' is the silenced — the '75mm' that's the guns' size, the 'knocked out' that's the day's work.","The 'UDT' is the cleared — the '1,000 obstacles' that's the reef's traps, the 'three days' that's the divers' work. The 'thousand' is the cost — the 'casualties' that's the first day's count, the 'Agat alone' that's the toll's place. Ga'an Point is the kept — the 'guns displayed' that's the war's artifacts, the 'inscription' that's the blockhouse's mark.","The file keeps Ga'an Point: the centered beachhead, the survived guns, the cleared reef, and the displayed weapons.","Ga'an Point is the archive's Guam file — the rock that held the beach."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Ga'an Point is the archive's Guam file — the fortress the bombs missed.","A point keeps its guns — the file's suggestion being that Ga'an's hold is the intact: the 'missed' that's the camouflage's success, the 'tanks' that's the answer's form, and the 'displayed' that's the memory's artifact."]}],"name":"Ga’an Point","aliases":[],"type":"BATTLEFIELD","type_label":"Battlefield","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","MILITARY_RUINS"],"groups":["dark-history","ghost-towns"],"desc":"Battlefield, occupation-era ruins, and memorial on Guam’s southern landing beach.","full_desc":"Ga’an Point is a battlefield in Hågat, Guam. Battlefield, occupation-era ruins, and memorial on Guam’s southern landing beach. The archive files it under dark history and military ruins. The dossier holds 1 documented fact — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. The site is open to visitors. For HauntHunt it is exactly the kind of file the archive exists for: a real place, a real record, and a story still being told.","address":null,"city":"Hågat","county":null,"state":"Guam","postal":null,"region":"Pacific","lat":13.3864,"lon":144.7147,"coord_kind":"MANUAL","status":"HISTORIC_SITE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":"Public park unit; check park alerts for temporary closures.","ownership":null,"website":"https://www.nps.gov/wapa/planyourvisit/gaan-point.htm","phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":null,"research_notes":"Discovery pass; historical, geographic, and access enrichment remain queued. Confidence describes source provenance, not supernatural reality.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":65,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":1,"paranormal_claim_provenance":null,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[],"history":[{"description":"NPS documents Japanese fortifications and a civilian refugee camp whose remains include a latrine foundation. A 1946 typhoon destroyed the camp. A fort with documented casualties writes its own foundation — the lore comes after. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The record appears in 'Agat Unit – Apaca Point and Ga’an Point'. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Agat Unit – Apaca Point and Ga’an Point","url":"https://www.nps.gov/wapa/planyourvisit/gaan-point.htm","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1}}],"legends":[],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"opening_hours":"Park unit open 24 hours daily according to NPS page retrieved September 7, 2026.","parking":"Small paved lot off Route 2.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-14T10:36:19+00:00","source":{"name":"Agat Unit – Apaca Point and Ga’an Point","url":"https://www.nps.gov/wapa/planyourvisit/gaan-point.htm","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1}},"sources":[{"name":"Agat Unit – Apaca Point and Ga’an Point","url":"https://www.nps.gov/wapa/planyourvisit/gaan-point.htm","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":0,"history":1,"legends":0,"entities":0,"sources":1}}