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	Saipan
		Saipan Lagoon encompasses about 20 square miles of mostly shallow water and is separated from the Philippine Sea by a long barrier reef about 2 miles off shore at the entrance to Tanapag Harbor.
		Saipan is the capitol of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
		Saipan is four and one half times smaller than Guam, 120 miles south, and in 1990 had about one third the population of that U.S.territory.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/saipan.htm (1718 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.
		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.
		However, the Saipan scenes were actually filmed in Hawaii and southern California.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Saipan (991 words)

	Saipan
		Saipan is the principal island and commercial center of the Northern Mariana Islands.
		Saipan's 54-mile coastline is irregular except on the western side where there is a fringing reef.
		Saipan is one of 14 islands in the Northern Marianas archipelago that make up the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
	www.guam.net /pub/sshs/depart/science/mancuso/marianas/saipan/saipan.htm (551 words)

	Saipan
		The purpose of this paper is to discuss the strategic importance of Saipan, the Japanese defense of the island, and the United States invasion of the island of Saipan.
		Saipan is the northern most of the southern four islands in the Marianas chain.
		On Saipan the terrain favored a defense along the beaches followed by a defense in depth, yet the Japanese defensive plan called for destroying the enemy on the beaches and that any foothold would be met be a fierce counterattack.
	www.bdblodgett.com /Saipan.html (7065 words)

	Saipan - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Saipan is the largest of the Northern Mariana Islands.
		Because Saipan is so small, taxis from the airport to the main hotel area of Garapan can run upwards of $25-30, so plan ahead by arranging transportation through your hotel, which often charge $10 per person flat rate.
		Saipan is fairly small and by renting a car or moped, it is easy to drive around the island and take in the natural splendor, as well as visit a number of parks.
	wikitravel.org /en/Saipan (1281 words)

	LHA-2 Saipan
		The Saipan was accompanied by the USS Ponce and the Pensacola.
		In August 2002 the Navy announced that the USS Saipan would be deploying at the head of an Expeditionary Strike Group that would be comprised of a Guided Missile Cruiser, a destroyer, a frigate, and a submarine in addition to the normal LPD and LSD vessels.
		Saipan arrived off the coast of Haiti 01 February 2005, and delivered Navy Seabee construction personnel, U.S. Army military police, and nearly 1,200 tons of construction supplies and equipment via helicopters and landing craft units.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/lha-2.htm (1716 words)

	Saipan
		The story of the defense of Saipan was a sad chapter of fighting yet to come in later battles, with fanatical military defense and deaths of civilians.
		Saipan's Harbor, located on the west coast of the island.
		Kagman field was used to fly in trainees at night were they were bussed to their quarters at the north end of the island.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/marianas_saipan.html (1213 words)

	USS Saipan (LHA 2)
		SAIPAN's keel was laid by Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., at Pascagoula, Mississippi on 21 July 1972.
		SAIPAN's operational career began in July 1979 when she was diverted from Fleet Refresher Training to "Special Contingency Operations" for possible non-combatant evacuation of American personnel from Nicaragua during that country's civil war.
		On 25 August 1980, SAIPAN departed Norfolk for the first Mediterranean deployment by a LHA, and on 3 September 1981, SAIPAN deployed for her second tour in the Med.
	navysite.de /ships/lha2.htm (714 words)

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		Despite wet conditions, Saipan prevailed and ran away with the match in the second half with a final score of 28 - 6.
		Due to lack of sponsors, Saipan despite having a better team were forced to stay at home although one player from Saipan traveled with the Guam side.
		The Saipan side recently revenged their one loss when Guam sent its 15's squad over in April and were soundly defeated 18 - 5 at the Saipan Airport field.
	net.saipan.com /personal/banes (1520 words)

	Saipan June 15, 1944 - July 8, 1944
		Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, who had been leading the cabinet since 1941, was optimistic in his hopes for a successful defense of the island.
		Was Amelia Earhart Held by the Japanese on Saipan?
		Saipan in Flames: Operation Forager, "The Turning Point in the Pacific War" by William H. Stewart
	www.worldwar2database.com /html/saipan.htm (375 words)

	Asiatravel - Saipan
		Saipan, the administrative center of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), is about a hundred miles north of Guam in the Western Pacific.
		Saipan International School is often in need of teachers.
		Coffee Care Saipan, which recently moved to a new location, part way up Capitol Hill road, near Vestcor and Micronesian Brewers (just up the hill from Rudolpho's), is a great place to eat or enjoy some fine coffee.
	www.asiatravel.com /pacific/northernmarianas/saipan/infoguide/faq.html (1832 words)

	World War II: 60 Years Ago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Known as the greater Marianas, Guam, Saipan and Tinian are rugged, mountainous, wooded islands.
		Saipan would bring him into reality, but his love of the Corps and being a Marine would only be enhanced.
		The fall of Saipan forced the cabinet of Prime Minister and General Hideki Tojo to resign in disgrace.
	www.mca-marines.org /Leatherneck/Saipan.htm (3321 words)

	Gadfly Online.
		To be fair, the early 1980’s were heady times for a lot of people, but not so good for fruit bats, which are skinned and put into a soup, or else boiled and eaten in their entirety, fur and all.
		On Saipan, the Northern Mariana Islands’; most populated island and home to the indigenous Chamorro, there are so few fruit bats left that the ones who remain are too small in number to constitute a "population," the official biologist's term for a demographically cognizable group.
		The Saipan Zoo staff now finds itself hand feeding and nurturing a baby fruit bat that fell from under the wing of its mother when she was poached.
	www.gadflyonline.com /06-10-02/ftr-spam.html (1399 words)

	Saipan on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Saipan, with the other Marianas, was mandated to Japan in 1920 by the League of Nations.
		From 1953 to 1962 Saipan was used to train Nationalist Chinese guerrillas for infiltration of the Chinese mainland.
		SAIPAN, JAPAN-- The Emperor and Empress bow their heads in silent prayers at Saipan's Banzai Cliff, Tuesday, June 28, 2005.
	encyclopedia.infonautics.com /html/S/Saipan.asp (850 words)

	Battle of Saipan - The Final Curtain, David Moore
		The Marianas islands of Saipan, Tinian and Guam were indispensable bastions in the defense of the Japanese home land, and Admiral Nagumo admitted this just the day before the Marines landed to execute Operation Forager.
		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 (5673 words)

	Saipan - Guam, WWII
		They had been slated to assault Guam three days after our landing on Saipan but the approach of a Japanese task force and the SNAFU of our slowed march to the end of Saipan caused this invasion to be postponed.
		Saipan was a well developed Japanese possession with a large civilian population.
		The northern tip of Saipan is a cliff with a sheer drop into the sea.
	www.sihope.com /~tipi/chap15.html (1688 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers - USS Saipan (CVL 48) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The first Saipan (CVL-48) was laid down on 10 July 1944 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; launched on 8 July 1945, sponsored by Mrs.
		Commissioned eleven months after the close of World War II, Saipan trained student pilots out of Pensacola from September 1946 to April 1947 when, reassigned to Norfolk as homeport, she departed the Gulf of Mexico; participated in exercises in the Caribbean; then proceeded to Philadelphia for overhaul.
		Saipan then returned to Norfolk, arrived on the 31st, and sailed again on 28 January 1949.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv48-saipan/cv48-saipan.html (1963 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1944
		June 15 - Battle of Saipan: The United States invades Saipan.
		Combatants United States Japan Commanders Richmond K. Turner, Holland Smith Yoshitsugu Saito Strength 71,000 31,000 Casualties 3,500 killed; 13,160 wounded 21,000 KIA and 8,000 suicide; 921 prisoners The battle of Saipan was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on...
		Saipan (IPA: in English) is the largest island and site of the capital of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, (a chain of 14 tropical islands in the western Pacific Ocean) with a total area of 120 kmÂ² (46.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1944 (8615 words)

	USN Ships--USS Saipan (CVL-48)
		USS Saipan, lead ship of a pair of 14,500-ton small aircraft carriers built at Camden, New Jersey, was commissioned in July 1946.
		In October 1953, Saipan transited the Panama Canal and soon crossed the Pacific to begin a 7th Fleet deployment that included a mission delivering aircraft to French forces in Indo-China in April 1954.
		Saipan was redesignated CC-3 in January 1964, but was again reclassified in September of that year, becoming a major communications relay ship with hull number AGMR-2.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/cvl48.htm (698 words)

	XTERRA : NEWS : 2005 XTERRA Saipan Championship Report
		Saipan is located in the middle of the Western Pacific Ocean - 1,300 miles south of Tokyo, 1,400 miles east of Manila, 3,200 miles west of Honolulu, and 2,900 miles north of Sydney.
		XTERRA Saipan, the Saipan Sports Fest and the Tagaman triathlon are being filmed by TEAM Unlimited and all the action will be put together for a half-hour feature show to be broadcast in Saipan, Guam, on Gaora in Japan, and across the United States through national syndication starting in June of 2005.
		Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands - Olivier Marceau won the men's Pacific Islands Club Double award for the second straight year and Renata Bucher picked up her first with a narrow victory over Jamie Whitmore in the women's race on the island of Saipan on Saturday.
	www.xterraplanet.com /news/dsp_content.cfm?id=525 (1828 words)

	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
		Saipan is also served by JAL (Page in Japanese), Asiana and others.
		Coffee Care Saipan, is located part way up Capitol Hill road (now "Isa Road"), near Vestcor and Micronesian Brewers, is a great place to eat or enjoy some fine coffee.
		Saipan is one of the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI); part of what was once known as the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI).
	www.mgnewman.com /saipan (3424 words)

	Aquarius Beach Tower all suite hotel in Chalan Kanoa, Saipan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Aquarius Beach Tower is located in Micronesia on the island of Saipan in Chalan Kanoa, ideally situated oceanfront on a beautiful beach protected by fringing coral reefs.
		Perfect for a Saipan vacation, this all-suite hotel features spacious and luxuriously furnished accommodations with only 6 apartments per floor.
		Saipan has a myriad of tourist activities to offer.
	www.castleresorts.com /ABT (113 words)

	Japanese Journalists Tour Saipan Garment Factory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		SAIPAN — As part of their recent visit to the Northern Mariana Islands, four Japanese journalists got the chance to examine Saipan’s garment factories up close.
		The reporters were surprised to learn that the garment industry delivered approximately $225 million in total economic contributions to the CNMI in 1999, including some 38% of the total revenue of the local government.
		The reporters were also curious about the motives of media reports coming out of the U.S. mainland which have been critical of the Saipan industry, when what they found while on their tours were safe and clean workplaces and workers that seemed content with their jobs.
	www.sgma-saipan.org /news/pr/pr00_2_22.html (331 words)

	Weather and Climate in Saipan
		The 14 tropical islands comprising the Northern Marianas chain stretch across 400 miles in the western Pacific Ocean, just adjacent to the famed Marianas Trench, with the world's greatest known ocean depth of 35,810 feet.
		Saipan, the largest and most populated island in the group, measures 13 miles long and 6 miles across at its widest point (area 47 square miles).
		Saipan's western shore is almost completely encircled by a huge barrier reef creating a beautiful, calm lagoon with sparkling white sand beaches.
	www.southtravels.com /pacific/saipan/weather.html (183 words)

	Saipan
		Nearly all its northern, southern and eastern beaches are protected by a fringing coral barrier reef, while its easterly side takes the brunt of the storm seas with towering cliffs and rugged rocks.
		Saipan is more highly developed as a tourist resort than Pohnpei, Chuuk or Palau and English is spoken as is Chamorro and Carolinean.
		The anthology runs for 90 minutes in which the traditional chants are introduced, including many from Saipan, followed by the beautiful songs of Micronesia.
	www.janeresture.com /saipan (784 words)

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