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well..... Good Grief!!!!..... COORDINATES???!!! 
Jeezo-pete.... do I feel stupid or what?
Coordinates......d-u-u-u-h-h-h-h!!!
yeah... Remagen.... yer go....
(....coordinates!... I can't BELIEVE I did that!....)
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It is the missing Remagen Bridge
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Don't feel too bad, Lou, I just used them to verify my hunch. I would have guessed Remagen anyway.
Here's one in the Pacific. Jack has been here.
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Another hint. The city shown was the objective of a failed Japanese invasion.
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Another hint. The city shown was the objective of a failed Japanese invasion.
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You call that a hint???
Let's see some stinkin' COORDINATES!!!!!
Now, THAT'S a hint!
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Ummm.. a total guess but is it Battle of Surigao Strait?
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You call that a hint???
Let's see some stinkin' COORDINATES!!!!!
Now, THAT'S a hint!
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Ya killllliinnngg me, Lou 
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Ummm.. a total guess but is it Battle of Surigao Strait?
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Not Surigao. This place was important two years before that. See my first hint, Jack (SouthWestPacificVet) was here at some point.
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I give up
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One more hint. It was the stop for the Japanese before Australia.
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Lat 9°29'53.19"S
Long 147°11'43.63"E
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Port Moresby?
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Just a guess but is it
Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea? 
Port Morseby from the air, taken October 12, 1942
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I'm assuming those are coordinates for Port Morsesby, Lou, but since you PMed asking me to give it to the others, Lippert, you're the winner. Port Moresby is correct.
Give 'er a go.
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The location you'll be seeking is the largest member of this archipelago. Any pilot shot down here would be in trouble, the island was crawling with angry Japanese, and the jungle was quite a Bush.
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Chi Chi Jima
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Spot on Flyboy. Your turn.
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Thanks Lippert! Here's an island that should be easy to identify. The "tadpole" lies in a position to protect the capital of a US ally. It was also the HQ for American forces there before WWII.
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Corregidor...nine days late
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Correcto Mondo, Slip! Over to you!
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Well until Slipdigit,
finds a new one I will forward this little Island base of importance in the Pacific.
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Wake Island?
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