Geoffrey

Why the Pacific?

The Pacific Theater of World War II is, paradoxically, both one of the most important and one of the most overlooked chapters of the twentieth century. While Normandy and Stalingrad have entered the collective memory, the islands where America’s first offensive was fought — Palau, Solomon Island, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Philippines, Gilbert island, Iwo Jima, Okinawa… — remain largely unknown to those who didn’t lose family there.

I started exploring these places years ago, drawn first by the history and then by the realization that what I was seeing on the ground simply doesn’t exist in books. The relics, the cave systems, the rusted hulls — they’re still there, eighty years on, in remarkable preservation. They deserve to be seen.

The Approach

I’m a documentarian, not a collector. Across places like Palau, the Mariana Islands, the Solomon Islands, and Papua New Guinea, I focus on one thing: finding, photographing, and recording what still remains on the ground.

Relics, abandoned positions, cave systems, rusted vehicles, forgotten objects—these places still exist, often untouched for decades. Seeing them in person gives a completely different understanding of history than books alone.

This site exists to share that reality with others: historians, veteran families, collectors, and anyone interested in preserving the memory of these battlefields before time and nature slowly erase them.