Dean Paulsen's Photos of Guam

October 1966 to April 1968

I was a weapon's mechanic (bomb loader) stationed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during the Vietnam Conflict. The photos here are just a sampling of the several hundred I have from my 18 months on the island. The original photographs were taken on Kodak film, with a Nikkormat FT 35mm SLR and Nikkor lenses. Most of the photos here were scanned from 3 1/2 x 5 prints a decade ago. But almost all of my Guam photos are slides, and I recently started copying them with new equipment. I am also trying to improve some of the prints, and I will be updating this page as I go along.

April 2008 NEW! Check below for new photos!


Andersen Air Force Base

Air Force Base and Pati Point
Panorama of Andersen Air Force Base
North ramp B-52 revetments looking west
B-52 pylon with 500 lb bombs  NEW!
Sunset with B-52 on approach
B-52D landing overhead
H-bomb  NEW!

Bob Hope and Raquel Welsh
       Dean Paulsen's "Guam Bombs"  new6b.gif (5061 bytes)

B-52 bomb loading crews at work:

Bomb crew at preload facility
Muscling a 500 lb bomb into place
Attaching arming wire to nose fuses
Bomb loader gets grass duty
Guiding a 500 lb bomb into preload rack
Pulling a wheelie with an MJ-1
MJ-1 pedal to the metal
Waiting for the next upload

Clockwise around the island:

Shoreline north of Andersen AFB
Land crab
Bomb team gets a day off
Horse ranch on east shore
Abandoned WW2 tank
       Andy at jungle waterfall  NEW!

Talofofo Bay

Talofofo Bay
Dean Paulsen at Talofofo
Three surfers at Talofofo
Four surfers at Talofofo
Crowd of surfers at Talofofo
Lone surfer at Talofofo

Continuing clockwise around the island:

Inararjan
Swimmers at jungle waterfall
Umatac from old Spanish fort
North view from Mt Lamlam
East view from Lamlam
South view from Mt Lamlam
Southwest view from Mt Lamlam
Sunset approaches at Cetti Bay
Small boat docks
Park on SW side
Agana south
Looking south toward Tumon Bay
Two Lovers Point looking north
         Vertical cave shaft at Two Lovers Point  NEW!
Two Lovers Point looking south

Ritidian Point at the NW end of the island:

View south from coral plateau
NW view from coral plateau
Another view from NW plateau

 

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