During WWII, the U.S. and Allied forces invaded, and the Japanese lost the nearly monthlong Battle of Saipan. The U.S. occupied the island and installed a military air base there, which became a ...

A cultural anthropologist discusses the Mariana Islands’ long history of colonization and why demilitarization matters for ...

Puller-class expeditionary sea base vessel and will be part of the Navy’s Forward Deployed Naval Force that is based out of Saipan ... him the nation’s highest military honor, took place ...

Like thousands of other dogs and cats, Pumpkin had lived on the streets of the tropical Pacific island of Saipan before ending up at the Mayor's Dog Control Shelter. Deemed too traumatized for ...

The US established a military presence across the territory—including building the world’s largest air force base at the time ... based in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Beach assault, Saipan, June 1944. USGov PD ... invades Okinawa supported by the largest invasion fleet in history. Military planners have identified Okinawa as a necessary staging area for ...

Martin was deployed to the Pearl Harbor naval base, Guadalcanal in the South Pacific, Saipan, Iwo Jima and Guam ... he would ...

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He became the first Hispanic four-star general of the United States Army in 1982, and received a number of military honors ... achieving more than 3,000 base hits by the end of his career ...

The Struggle to Save Dogs on the Island of Saipan (Reuters) - Like thousands of other dogs and cats, Pumpkin had lived on the streets of the tropical Pacific island of Saipan before ending up at ...