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2. Battle of Saipan - Wikipedia

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   On the second day of the battle, he had estimated that Saipan would be captured in a week; [105] it had taken 24 days. [273] On 11 July, the Americans found General Saitō's body. He was buried on 13 July with full military honors in a coffin draped with the Japanese flag. [274]

3. Oba: The Last Samurai - Wikipedia

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   Oba: The Last Samurai (太平洋の奇跡 –フォックスと呼ばれた男 –, Taiheiyō no kiseki: Fokkusu to yobareta otoko, i.e. Miracle of the Pacific: The Man Called Fox), also known as Miracle of the Pacific, Battle of the Pacific and Codename: Fox, is a 2011 Japanese World War II Pacific War drama film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama and based on the true story of Captain Sakae Ōba ...

4. Hell to Eternity - Wikipedia

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   Hell to Eternity is a 1960 American World War II film starring Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen, Vic Damone and Patricia Owens, directed by Phil Karlson.This film biopic is about the true experiences of Marine hero Pfc. Guy Gabaldon (played by Hunter), a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a Japanese American foster family, and his heroic actions during the Battle of Saipan.

5. William J. O'Brien (Medal of Honor) - Wikipedia

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   He refused to leave the front lines even after being wounded and continued to rally his men until being overrun and killed. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on May 9, 1945, for his actions throughout the battle for Saipan. [1] O'Brien, aged 44 at his death, was buried at Saint Peter's Cemetery in his hometown of Troy, New York.

6. Battle of Saipan order of battle - Wikipedia

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   On 15 June 1944, United States Marine forces landed on the southwest coast of the island of Saipan in the central Marianas chain; these were followed a day later by US Army forces. This invasion was part of Operation Forager , an effort to recapture the entire Marianas chain from the Empire of Japan .

7. Bibliography of the Battle of Saipan - Wikipedia

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   Part IV, Chapters 1–6 focus on Saipan. Sloan, Bill (2017). Their Backs against the Sea: The Battle of Saipan and the Largest Banzai Attack of World War II. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0306824715. Tachovsky, Joseph (2020). 40 Thieves on Saipan: The Elite Marine Scout-Snipers in One of WWII's Bloodiest Battles. Regnery History. ISBN 978-1684510481.