Tokcha' Pillbox | |
Location: | Toghca Point shoreline, Ipan, Guam |
Coordinates: | 13.3717°N 144.7692°W |
Builder: | 10th Independent Mixed Regiment |
Added: | March 4, 1991 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 88001875 |
The Tokcha' Pillbox is a Japanese-built World War II-era defensive fortification on the island of Guam. It is built on a limestone terrace on Togcha Point, about 1miles north of the Togcha River and 0.7miles south of the Ylig River. It is set in a depression excavated from the limestone about 15m (49feet) inland from the high tide land and 1m (03feet) above sea level. It is a roughly rectangular structure built out of steel-reinforced concrete filled with coral and beach aggregate. The entrance is on the north wall, sheltered by a wall of coral blocks, and the gun port is on the south wall. This structure was built under the direction of the Japanese military during their occupation of the island 1941–44.[1]
The pillbox was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.