Taken from the lodge where the VMB-613 members and their wives stayed during the 1994 trip to the Central Pacific, Ponape is now a very peaceful place.  Seen in the distance on the left is Sokehs Rock that marks the entrance to the harbor town of Kolonia.  In 1945 Sokehs Rock had been a position for many Japanese anti-aircraft guns.  The remains of many of these guns are still there today.        

Photograph: Marine Bombing Squadron Six-Thirteen (via William A. Kehr)