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1000-Man Cave, Peleliu, Palau
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Thousand Man Cave is a maze of tunnels and chambers built by the Japanese during WWII. Inside a thousand Japanese soldiers camped, refusing to come out. As the story goes, whenever the Americans tried to get a surrender the Japanese would respond by throwing out grenades or firing shots. US solders resorted to blocking up the exits, leaving only two open, and using flame-throwers and explosive charges to force the remaining Japanese out.
Nearby are a pillbox bunker and a rusted Japanese defence gun.
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