Tag: Saipan
‘We drank our tears’
Huddled together in a cramped cave during the Battle of Saipan, they wept to slake their thirst. In an interview ...
Saipan casino sits
on a Pre-Contact Period settlement
The site where the first phase of the $7 billion Imperial Pacific integrated resort is being constructed sits on a ...
Remarkable prewar Japanese structures on Saipan
AN archaeological survey conducted in the area on Saipan previously known as the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's Lower Base revealed ...
WWII veteran-airman:
‘Do something for the country’
Before passing on in 2013, WWII veteran LeRoy Florence was able to make the long trip back to Saipan where ...
WWII veteran Major Rick Spooner shares his war experience on Saipan
Major Rick Spooner, a WWII veteran, was among thousands who stormed the beaches of Saipan on June 15, 1944. Seventy ...