After Bangkok Stopover Julian Assange Will Be Heading To A Little-Known Pacific Island—What To Know About Saipan
Saipan is the capital of the Northern Mariana ... and it served as a launching point for the Japanese invasion of Guam after ...
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The War in the Pacific, 1944-1945
Beach assault, Saipan, June 1944. USGov PD ... the Japanese home islands will fight to the death to resist an American invasion. U.S. Marines land on Iwo Jima, beginning five weeks of terrible ...
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Under overhaul in Houma, a former Navy destroyer holds a hallowed history
the Gilbert Islands invasion at Tarawa, the Marshall Islands, the occupation of Aitape and Hollandia in New Guinea, the occupation of Saipan, the bombardment of Guam, the invasion of the ...
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75 years ago, US troops began the main battle of the long, bloody fight to kick the Japanese out of the Philippines
WASHINGTON — Seventy-five years ago, US forces began the invasion of Luzon ... which included Guadalcanal, Saipan, Tinian, Tarawa, and Peleliu. The islands would provide runways for US aircraft ...
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The War in the Pacific, 1944-1945
Beach assault, Saipan, June 1944. USGov PD ... the Japanese home islands will fight to the death to resist an American invasion. U.S. Marines land on Iwo Jima, beginning five weeks of terrible ...