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Agat

Agat

Southwestern Guam village and 1944 landing beach, with War in the Pacific sites at Gaan Point.

Agat is a village on the southwestern coast of Guam, best known as one of the two landing beaches where US Marines came ashore in July 1944 during the Battle of Guam to retake the island from Japanese occupation. The War in the Pacific National Historical Park has a unit at Agat — Gaan Point — where you can see a preserved tank and read about the assault. It is a quiet, sobering place with good views across the water.

The village itself is a small Chamorro community with a pleasant beach and calmer waters than the east coast. It is a short drive from the main resort area of Tumon Bay but feels entirely different in character — unhurried and local. The reef offshore along Agat Bay is good for snorkelling, and walkers can climb Mount Alifan on the ridge above for a long view back down the coast.

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Agat is a small village, and most of its appeal is bound up with the events of July 1944. The War in the Pacific National Historical Park unit at Gaan Point holds the visible relics — a Japanese tank, gun positions, interpretive panels — and the long sweep of the invasion beach is where the US Marines came ashore. Beyond the war sites, the bay is good for snorkelling, and the Mount Alifan ridge above the village offers walking with a long view back over the southwest coast.