Marines merge air control jobs as new air defense ... Guam mirror improvements to facilities on the islands of Tinian and Saipan. Commandant Gen. Eric Smith testified in a congressional hearing ...

U.S. Marines dig in on the beach at Saipan. Defense Dept. photo (Marine Corps.) June 1944. Library of Congress. On June 15, 1944, American forces invaded the island of Saipan, part of the Mariana ...

Prof. Williams, author of several notable works in naval history, has applied her skills to go in search of her father, Marine Corps Major Roger G. B. Broome (1915-1945), who was seriously wounded on ...

4th Marine Division. Ricard and his unit were sent to the Pacific Theatre and participated in the battles of Saipan and Tinian before conducting final preparations in Hawaii to invade Iwo Jima.” ...

For the 80th Reunion of Honor, seven WWII veterans will return to Iwo Jima and be joined by defense secretaries from the US and Japan.

Beach assault, Saipan, June 1944. USGov PD. June 15, 1944 U.S. Marines and Army troops, supported by a massive fleet, invade Saipan in the Mariana Islands of the Central Pacific. June 19 ...

This image shows Carl Gorman on the island of Saipan. Image caption, 5/7: Code Talking was immensely successful, giving the US Marines the upper hand in co-ordinating combat operations.