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	The Battle of Saipan
		It was at Saipan that American military planners were presented with the problem of how to cope with a dense civilian population, the first to be encountered in the Pacific war.
		The capture of the island of Saipan thus became crucial in the preparations for this massive invasion.
		One of the most lamentable events of the battle for Saipan involved the mass suicide of hundreds of families, many of whom jumped to their deaths from the high cliffs at the island's northernmost point.
	navysite.de /ships/lha2about.htm (0 words)

	"The Battle For Saipan"; World War II Virtual Museum, American Memorial Park, Saipan
		From: Breaching The Marianas: The Battle For Saipan.
		Unfortunately, this is probably one of the few remains from the demise of a soldier in the Battle of Saipan.
		Summary of the battles for the Mariana Islands, 1944.
	www.nps.gov /archive/amme/wwii_museum/battle_for_saipan/battle_for_saipan.html (798 words)

	Battle of Saipan - The Final Curtain, David Moore
		This battle on Saipan was decisive, leaving 700 Japanese dead on the field.
		See The Battle of Saipan - 1944 for photos showing what it was like as a Seabee loading barges with gasoline and ammunition during the battle.
		See Pictures of Saipan - 1996 for photos taken by David Moore upon his return to the island of Saipan in 1996 and the battlefields and beaches he had seen fifty-two years before.
	www.battleofsaipan.com /seabee.htm (0 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Battle of Saipan
		The battle of Saipan was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands from 15 June 1944 to 9 July 1944.
		But the resulting battle of the Philippine Sea was a disaster for the Imperial Japanese Navy, which lost three aircraft carriers and hundreds of planes.
		After the battle, Saipan became an important base for further operations in the Marianas, and then for the invasion of the Philippines in October 1944.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Battle_of_Saipan (939 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Saipan
		Saipan (IPA: [saÉª'pÃ¦n], [saÉª'pÉ‘n], or ['saÉªpÃ¦n] in English) is the largest island and site of the capital of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a chain of 15 tropical islands in the western Pacific Ocean with a total area of 115.39 kmÂ² (44.55 sq mi).
		Although Saipan is part of the United States, several GOP members of Congress have fought hard to keep regulation out of Saipan, preserving it as a more pure form of capitalism, without labor regulation.
		The inapplicability of Federal labor regulations in Saipan resulted in some labor practices which were reported in the March 18, 1998 episode of ABC News' 20/20, accounts of forced abortions and of enslaving women and forcing them into prostitution.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Saipan (1158 words)

	Battle of Saipan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Saipan was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands from 15 June 1944 to 9 July 1944.
		Without resupply, the battle on Saipan was hopeless for the defenders, but the Japanese were determined to fight to the last man. Saito organized his troops into a line anchored on Mount Tapotchau in the defensible mountainous terrain of central Saipan.
		After the battle, Saipan became an important base for further operations in the Marianas, and then for the invasion of the Philippines in October 1944.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Saipan (1135 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Saipan (IPA: in English) is the largest island and capital of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), a chain of 15 tropical islands belonging to the Marianas archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean (15Â°10'51'N, 145Â°45'21'E) with a total area of 115.39 kmÂ² (44.55 sq mi).
		Saipan, along with neighboring Guam, Rota/Luta, Tinian, and to a lesser extent smaller islands northward, was first inhabited around 2000 B.C.E. The Spanish were the first Europeans to encounter the Chamorros, and eventually annexed Saipan as part of its claim to the Mariana Islands.
		Around 1815, many Carolinians settled Saipan during a period when the Chamorro were imprisoned on Guam, which resulted in a significant loss of land and rights for the Chamorro natives.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Saipan (1293 words)

	Book Review
		The small island of Saipan of the Marianas chain in the Pacific Ocean was the centre of a ferocious maelstrom of fire and steel from that time until 8 July 1944, when a fanatical last-ditch counterattack was conducted by the Japanese and organized resistance came to an end.
		Saipan was one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific War.
		Marine Frank Borta recalled the fighting on Saipan as being "a continuous meat grinder," and as soon as Japanese snipers were detected, remembered Marine Carl Matthews, "they were dispatched to their ancestors." Honour, devotion, and frequently fear are themes that permeate the military accounts.
	www.defencejournal.com /2003/apr/saipan.htm (637 words)

	History of Saipan & Micronesia 3 (US invasion) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		One of the most lamentable events of the battle for Saipan involved the suicide of hundreds of families, many of whom jumped to their deaths from the high cliffs at the island's most northern point.
		The last great aircraft carrier battle of the war was fought in the vicinity of the Marianas on June 19, 1944 when 15 U. carriers and 950 planes struck a Japanese force of 5 carriers and 550 aircraft.
		Before the day was over the Battle For The Philippine Sea, (The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot) saw the Japanese lose 240 planes and the carriers Taiho and Shokaku as opposed to American losses of 29 planes and damage to the battleship South Dakota.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /micronesia/about_destin/spn_history3.html (1594 words)

	Living - The Cincinnati Post
		That would be the story at Saipan, the dark green island in the Marianas chain that grew closer as I watched from shipboard.
		Saipan, for more than 300 years a possession of Spain, then of Germany for 15 years, then of Japan from 1914 to 1944, is now a commonwealth of the United States.
		Saipan's governor, running for re-election, made a speech that was only mildly political.
	www.cincypost.com /2002/10/25/cloon102502.html (708 words)

	INVASION OF SAIPAN
		Tank-mounted flamethrower incinerates a Japanese pillbox on Saipan.
		Saipan, about 15 miles long, was well fortified by the Japanese, manned by 25,000 Japanese Army troops, including an armored regiment of forty-eight tanks, plus an additional 6,000 naval personnel, and an operational airfield.
		The battle had been one of movement over a sizable area, and it was further complicated by the numerous natural and man-made caves used as defensive systems by the Japanese, with sophisticated camouflage and steel door protection.
	www.olive-drab.com /od_history_ww2_ops_battles_1944marianas_saipan.php (631 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| World War II \| Battle of Saipan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Saipan is one of the islands in the Marianas chain, about 1,300 miles south of the Japanese home islands.
		Saipan had been occupied by the Japanese since World War I and had been colonized in the 1920s and 1930s.
		When Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, commander of the Fifth Fleet and overall commander of the Saipan invasion, learned that the Japanese fleet was approaching the Marianas, he decided to place the 27th Division on shore to free up his fleet for the impending naval battle.
	www.historynet.com /magazines/world_war_2/3786742.html (946 words)

	The World at War
		There were also three airfields on Saipan but their planes had long been destroyed by the 5th Fleet’s fighters.
		The terrain of the north end of Saipan was described by one officer as "a nightmare of sheer cliffs and precipitous hills,".
		Saipan cost the United States 16,525 casualties including 3,426 killed in action but it provided the first B-29 base in the Pacific.
	worldatwar.net /article/forager/index.html (2101 words)

	Alibris: Saipan
		Saipan and Tinian had been under Japanese control since 1914 and, heavily colonized, they were considered virtually part of the Empire.
		The battle for Saipan is remembered as one of the bloodiest battles fought in the Pacific during World War II, and was a turning point on the road to the defeat of Japan.
		Saipan in flames : Operation Forager, "the turning point in the Pacific War" : the turbulent history of the Northern Mariana Islands in the 20th century, with emphasis on the World War Two battle for Saipan, June 15, 1944 : in commemoration of the 50th...
	www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Saipan (485 words)

	Battle of Saipan
		During February and March, 1944, at the Washington Planning Conference, the planners of the Pacific Campaign of World War II decided that the primary objective for the near future was to establish a base in the region of Luzon, Formosa, and the Chinese Coast.
		The landing area was well registered for artillery and the Japanese had 16 105mm, 30 75mm, and eight 150mm guns on the high ground overlooking the beaches and were extremely accurate due to the precise sighting in of the guns and the use of bamboo sticks to help in adjusting fire.
		On July 7, the battle to secure the Japanese-occupied island of Saipan crested in one of the largest banzai charges of the Pacific War.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1770.html (1974 words)

	USS Fremont APA-44
		The USS Fremont and the Invasion of Saipan by Captain Emile L. Bonnot
		The Lukei entries began prior to the commissioning of the USS Fremont and on through the invasions of Saipan, Mariannas Islands, Palau, Ulithi, Philippine Islands, and Iwo Jima.
		A terrific chapter about the the Battle for Saipan is vividly described by Capt. Bonnot.
	www.ussfremont.org /diaries.html (0 words)

	Warplanes.com - Historical Dates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		However, the disastrous battle of the Philippine Sea caused the loss of three aircraft carriers and several hundred planes, and as such, the Japanese garrisons in the Marianas were isolated and beyond help.
		Saipan was the setting for the movie “Hell to Eternity,” starring the late Jeffery Hunter as PFC Guy Gabaldon, an Hispanic from Los Angeles, California who was raised in a Japanese-American household and as such was fluent in Japanese.
		Once Saipan was taken, it was made into a base for further excursions into the Marianas as well as the invasion of the Philippines that October.
	www.warplanes.com /dates/?date_id=41 (613 words)

	Santa Paula Times: Saipan veterans receive commemorative medallion
		Those who live in the Mariana Islands will never forget those who served on land, sea and in the air during the Battle of Saipan, and in 2004, a special medallion was struck by the Saipan VFW Post 3457 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the action.
		The medallion features honor guards, names and years of the battles of Saipan and Tinian and the later battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa as well as the air campaign.
		Saipan Post Commander Facey is seeking photos or other memorabilia of Saipan and Tinian to be placed in the new WWII Exhibit Hall and Visitor’s Center: he would also like that VFW Post 2043 to send a patch or pin for the Saipan Post’s headquarters.
	www.santapaulatimes.com /news/fullstory.php/aid/12463/Saipan_veterans_receive_commemorative_medallion_.html (439 words)

	WAPA -Saipan
		Saipan and the other islands of the Northern Marianas were German-controlled until seized by Japan in World War I. Following the war, Japanese rule was recognized under the League of Nations mandate.
		The last organized resistance on Saipan came on the night of July 6-7, with a mass attack by Japanese forces assembled in the region near Makunsha Village.
		This tactic is often called a banzai attack, a term, used by the allies derived from the battle cry Tenno heika banzai or Long live the Emperor, but more commonly known among the Japanese as a gyokusai attack, which loosely translates as breaking of the jewels.
	www.npswapa.org /PacTheaterCAmp/Saipan.htm (732 words)

	Battle of Tinian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The battle of Tinian was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the island of Tinian in the Mariana Islands from 24 July 1944 to 1 August 1944.
		The American victory in the battle of Saipan made Tinian, 5.6 km (3.5 miles) south of Saipan, the next step in the Marianas campaign.
		The battle of Tinian saw the first use of napalm in the Pacific.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Tinian (402 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Following a four-day battle there, in November 1943, the division furnished a battalion of the 106th Infantry for the unopposed occupation of Majuro in the Marshall Islands in January 1944.
		Saipan's Legacy The campaign on Saipan had brought many American casualties, and it also heralded the kind of fighting which would be experienced in subsequent operations in the Central and Western Pacific in the days that day ahead in the Pacific War.
		Instead of a small atoll, the battle had been one of movement on a sizable land mass, and it was further complicated by the numerous caves and the defensive systems they provided for the Japanese.
	www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/usmchist/saipan.txt (16288 words)

	Saipan
		These final settlements brought to close a three-year legal battle waged by Saipan garment workers alleging multiple violations of labor and human rights laws by 26 of the biggest corporate clothing and textile names in the U.S., all of which had their clothing produced in factories on the island.
		As a result of these legal exemptions, Saipan is a magnet for large U.S. clothing and textile corporations, where they are able to take advantage of cheap labor while at the same time avoiding the complex system of quotas that limits U.S. imports from foreign nations.
		Saipan's apparel and tourist industries are allowed to bring about 20,000 workers from the East Asian nations, primarily China and the Philippines.
	filebox.vt.edu /t/trwilli1/saipan.htm (458 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| Japan's emperor mourns WWII dead
		The emperor and Empress Michiko laid wreaths and stood in silence at memorials on the island, which was an important Japanese defensive outpost during WWII but is now part of the US-administered Northern Mariana Islands.
		The Saipan visit is one of only a few official ceremonies Japan is planning to mark the end of World War II in the Pacific, ahead of the 60th anniversary of Japan's surrender on 15 August.
		Japan colonised Korea between 1910 and 1945, and about 1,000 Koreans were sent to the island in the 1930s, although most of the current residents moved to the island after the war.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4628947.stm (488 words)

	The Stamford Historical Society - Pride and Patriotism: Stamford's Role in World War II, Battles: Saipan
		The Battle of Saipan took place on the Island of Saipan, northernmost island of the Mariana Islands, between 15 June and 9 July 1944.
		Because of the Bushido Code, the Japanese defenders of Saipan were determined to fight to the death.
		After the battle Saipan became a key base for the invasion of the Philippines in October 1944, and the bombing of the Ryukyu Islands and Japan.
	www.stamfordhistory.org /ww2_saipan.htm (898 words)

	60th Anniversary of the World War II Battles of Saipan and Tinian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The fall of Japan's inner defense ring began with the execution of Operation Forager and the capture of Saipan, one of the key islands within the strategic Marianas Archipelago in the Western Pacific.
		The Battle of Saipan was one of the bloodiest confrontations in the Pacific theater.
		The indigenous population of Saipan and Tinian has come a long way from the hardships suffered during the war and the indelible imprint of centuries of colonization to reclaim their "paradise lost".
	net.saipan.com /cftemplates/amp60th/index.cfm?pageID=2 (467 words)

	BREACHING THE MARIANAS: The Battle for Saipan
		Following a four-day battle there, in November 1943, the division furnished a battalion of the 106th Infantry for the unopposed occupation of Majuro in the Marshall Islands in January 1944.
		The campaign on Saipan had brought many American casualties, and it also heralded the kind of fighting which would be experienced in subsequent operations in the Central and Western Pacific in the days that lay ahead in the Pacific War.
		Instead of a small atoll, the battle had been one of movement on a sizable land mass, and it was further complicated by the numerous caves and the defensive systems they provided for the Japanese.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USMC/USMC-C-Saipan/index.html (16954 words)

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