When American military planners began searching for islands they could use to attack Japan from, they identified the Marianas ...

Family of Marines who fought in the Battle of Saipan, along with service members, during a wreath-laying ceremony in Susupe, Saipan, on June 15, 2024. (Lance Cpl. Ryan Little/Marine Corps ...

As LIFE pointed out in its coverage of the battle, American warships in the Pacific had to return to Hawaii – nearly 4,000 miles away – each time they needed supplies. A victory in Saipan ...

battle maps and other artifacts from the battle of Saipan so they might pinpoint where the 16 missing American servicemen were killed or buried on July 7, 1944. With the help of Waterston ...

The American invasion of the Japanese stronghold of Saipan in the western Pacific was an incredibly brutal battle, claiming 55,000 soldiers' and civilians' lives in just over three weeks in the ...

Banzai Cliff became known as Suicide Cliff after the mass suicides of soldiers and civilians jumping off the cliff at the end of the Battle of Saipan in the summer of 1944, when Japan was headed ...