Saipan, Tinian, Tarawa, and Peleliu. The islands would provide runways for US aircraft and deny them to Japan. Rather than strike directly at Luzon, Army and Navy planners decided first to capture ...

Eighty years after the Battle of Saipan, a collection of battlefield interviews with US soldiers has been uncovered. Their voices tell the story of one of the most brutal chapters of the war.

Usually associated with "sun, sand and snorkelling" the Pacific island of Saipan ... him to the US for prosecution" after he was accused of a conspiracy to break into United States military ...

Tuttle earned the medal and a Silver Star after he was injured during the Battle of Saipan in the Pacific Theater ... But he was always there for us. He was very loving.” Frerichs has returned ...

“Guam: The Battle for an American Island in World War II,” is No. 8 on James Hallas’ well-regarded list of titles covering ...