Nine days after D-Day, on June 15, 1944, the Battle of Saipan erupted on the other side of the world. It was to be as pivotal for the Pacific Theater as D-Day was for the war in Europe. Eighty years ...
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Uncommon Valor Was a Common Virtue: The Heroic Last Stand of Sgt. Baker and the 5,000-Man Banzai Charge at Saipan
Newly surfaced accounts detail the brutal chaos of the Saipan landings where U.S. Marines faced a storm of steel from hidden ...
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The Explosive Battleship D-Day of the Pacific
June 1944 marked a defining moment in World War 2, with two crucial operations taking place simultaneously. While the US ...
On the afternoon of June 24, 1944, a messenger entered Maj. Gen. Ralph C. Smith's command post on Saipan and handed him a brief message. Smith read it, pocketed it, and continued to direct the battle ...
As Saipan opens the 70th Cork International Film Festival, Paul Whitington meets the movie’s directors to discuss their part Greek tragedy, part fable about modern Ireland ...
Saipan, placid island setting for Assange’s last battle, is briefly mobbed — and bemused by the fuss
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) — It was a peculiar setting to the final act in a legal drama that has now spanned the globe: a rural Western Pacific island, where visitors are usually tourists ...
Saipan, placid island setting for Assange's last battle, is briefly mobbed — and bemused by the fuss
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) — It was a peculiar setting to the final act in a legal drama that has now spanned the globe: a rural Western Pacific island, where visitors are usually tourists ...
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