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Storming Saipan’s beaches: The brutal first days of combat against Japan’s hidden defenses
On the morning of June 15, 1944, thousands of U.S. Marines began landing on the western beaches of Saipan in one of the most ...
SAIPAN, CNMI — Federal and local maritime law enforcement agencies patrolled Saipan’s waters and port together in mid-March, ...
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP BLAZ, Guam — Some of the first arrivals at this growing Marine base in the western Pacific will play Santa this month for youngsters on the islands of Guam, Tinian, Saipan and ...
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Heroes of Saipan: Stories of courage in a brutal battle
Amid the chaos of the Battle of Saipan, many soldiers displayed extraordinary courage under fire. Marines and Army troops ...
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Antonio Sanchez, an expeditionary fuels technician with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, conduct a pressure test on ...
The Only Army Unit to Fight in Five of the Marine Corps’ Bloodiest WWII Battles — Including Iwo Jima
From Guadalcanal to Okinawa, the Marine Corps earned its reputation for tackling some of the bloodiest battles of World War II’s Pacific Theater. What few remember is that the U.S. Army usually fought ...
Wounded in the shoulder and ordered to retire from combat, Pfc. Delbert Tuttle refused to leave his fellow U.S. Marines as his unit invaded the Japanese-held island of Saipan during World War II.
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