Pre-WWII Japanese houses gone
IT was a tragic loss of heritage. Saipan's last remaining prewar house was destroyed in the wake of Typhoon Yutu ...
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Sister Tonie’s story
[Note: I first wrote about Sister Tonie of Maturana for Island Locator Magazine. Then I did a feature on her ...
Century-old steps to Georg Fritz’ mansion found
SERENDIPITY led to the discovery of what was left of German Administrator Georg Fritz’ mansion located within the Sugar King ...
Prewar Saipan resident’s homecoming
A Saipan-born Japanese returns to Saipan year after year to pray for her father and many others who perished on ...
What do Pre-Latte Chamorros, Vikings and Native Americans have in common? Dental modification.
It must have taken a great deal of fortitude to go through the process of dental modification. For quite some ...
Abed Younis: From artist to publisher
A scholarship grant in Japan led him to the Marianas in 1972 and the rest is history. Marianas Variety founder ...
WWII Marine veteran Fred Leroy DesRosier lived a life of service
A photograph of a Marine carrying a boy on his back struck Ed DesRosier when he visited the American Memorial ...
Guy Gabaldon: Saipan’s Pied Piper
The surrender of 1,500 soldiers and civilians and soldiers on Saipan in 1944 was attributed to WWII veteran Guy Gabaldon, ...
Saipan’s octogenarian barber
Her barber shop had been in operation for more than 40 years on Saipan. Mrs. Maria Haruko Furumi Tudela was ...
USMC Ret. Lt. General Lawrence Snowden: Freedom is never free
FREEDOM comes at a cost. So said U.S. Marine Corps Ret. Lt. General Lawrence Snowden in an interview with this ...