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Get the latest in military news, entertainment, and gear in your inbox daily. Rather than invading and clearing islands such as Saipan ... Advanced Base Operations and World War II, if not the ...

The Pacific island of Saipan on Saturday marked the 80th anniversary of a fierce World War II battle between Japanese and U.S. troops ... On June 15, 1944, U.S. military forces landed on Saipan, which ...

The Japanese were placed on the defensive as the U.S. began taking strategic bases ... World War II. Japan lost three aircraft carriers and more than 300 planes. On Saipan, the Marines and army ...

The 9th Mission Support Command (MSC) is the most geographically dispersed command in the Army Reserve ... 1946 following WWII. “The community here in Saipan asked the 9th MSC to be a part ...

Delbert Tuttle refused to leave his fellow U.S. Marines as his unit invaded the Japanese-held island of Saipan during World War II. The son of ... according to his military file.

NOAA Ocean Exploration It has been nearly 80 years since the World War II Battle of Saipan ... investigate and document military artifacts linked to the Battle of Saipan. Nearly a dozen known ...