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• Saipan
  ...people, a decline of 10% from 2010. In [[World War II]], the [[Battle of Saipan]] was fought between 15 June 1944 to 9 July 1944, a battle of great strateg Saipan belongs to the [[Northern Mariana Islands]] (CNMI), which is an unincorpora
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• Saipan/Definition
  ...t of the [[Northern Mariana Islands]] (CNMI); site of the WWII [[Battle of Saipan]], which triggered the fall of the Tojo government and the beginning of the
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• Saipan/Related Articles
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• Battle of Saipan
  A major battle of the [[Pacific War]], the '''Battle of Saipan''' was fought between 15 June 1944 and 8 July 1944. The U.S. objective in Not realized by the Americans, the Japanese considered Saipan a key part of their innermost defensive line. Its capture caused the fall o
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• Northern Mariana Islands
  ...a total land area of 183.5 square miles, with the population primarily on Saipan, Rota and Tinian. The northern, largely uninhabited islands are Farallon de ==Saipan==
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• Northern Mariana Islands/Definition
  ...monwealth in the Western Pacific, which includes the major WWII bases of [[Saipan]] and [[Tinian]].
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• Battle of Saipan
  A major battle of the [[Pacific War]], the '''Battle of Saipan''' was fought between 15 June 1944 and 8 July 1944. The U.S. objective in Not realized by the Americans, the Japanese considered Saipan a key part of their innermost defensive line. Its capture caused the fall o
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• Saipan
  ...people, a decline of 10% from 2010. In [[World War II]], the [[Battle of Saipan]] was fought between 15 June 1944 to 9 July 1944, a battle of great strateg Saipan belongs to the [[Northern Mariana Islands]] (CNMI), which is an unincorpora
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• Ben Salomon/Definition
  ...lled in action protecting a U.S. military hospital, during the [[Battle of Saipan]] from being overrun by Japanese troops; received a long-posthumous [[Medal
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• Guy Gabaldon/Definition
  A U.S. Marine who, at the [[Battle of Saipan]], used the colloquial Japanese learned in his teens to convince 1,500 Japa
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• Saipan/Definition
  ...t of the [[Northern Mariana Islands]] (CNMI); site of the WWII [[Battle of Saipan]], which triggered the fall of the Tojo government and the beginning of the
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• Guy Gabaldon
  ...he [[Second World War]], who distinguished himself, during the [[Battle of Saipan]],<ref name=Gabaldon>{{citation | title = A Lone-Wolf Marine: How One Man Captured 1,500 Japanese on Saipan
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• Ben Salomon/Related Articles
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• Chuichi Nagumo/Definition
  ...f Midway]]; committed suicide while part of the defense in the [[Battle of Saipan]]
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• Suicide/Related Articles
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• Mariana Islands/Related Articles
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• Chuichi Nagumo/Related Articles
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• Mariana Islands
  ...bsequently, in mid-1944, [[Operation FORAGER]] was directed at [[Guam]], [[Saipan]], and [[Tinian]]. Today, however, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands contains Saipan and Tinian, but Guam has a separate government. Is Guam, then, the Southern
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• Hideki Tojo
  ...d by the [[Prince Konoye]] government after the [[Battle of Saipan|fall of Saipan]]. He was executed for war crimes in 1948 by order of the [[International M
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• Fumimaro Konoe
  ...]]. When he replaced [[Hideki Tojo]] after the [[Battle of Saipan|fall of Saipan]], he has been associated with a desire to end the [[Second World War]], bu ===Fall of Saipan===
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• Operation CARTWHEEL/Bibliography
  ...ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/IV/index.html Vol. 4, The Pacific: Guadalcanal to Saipan, August 1942 to July 1944''. 1950 online edition]
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• USS Sylvania (AKA-44)
  ...arrived there on the 21st and remained for a week prior to departing for [[Saipan]], [[Mariana Islands]]. ...ified en route, and she was directed to proceed to Saipan. She remained at Saipan from [[13 December]] to [[15 December]] when she stood out for California,
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• USS Athene (AKA-22)
  ...' began discharging her passengers on [[27 February]] and got underway for Saipan the next day. ...ached [[San Francisco, California]] on [[23 November]]. Athene returned to Saipan late in December to bring back more troops. While underway to the [[West Co
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• USS Ottawa (AKA-101)
  ...Marianas, [[15 August]]. After discharging cargo at Guam, she proceeded to Saipan and completed discharge of cargo [[28 August]]. ...days later ''Ottawa'' loaded the Second Marines and equipment and departed Saipan [[18 September]] for [[Nagasaki]] and the occupation of Japan. After disemb
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• USS Shoshone (AKA-65)
  ...in an invasion rehearsal off [[Tinian]] on [[12 February]] and departed [[Saipan]] on for the invasion of [[Iwo Jima]]. She arrived off Iwo Jima early on [ ...a position 350&nbsp;miles southeast of Okinawa and ordered to return to [[Saipan]], unloading on 23 May.
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• USS Theenim (AKA-63)
  ...r the [[Northern Mariana Islands]] on [[15 March]]. She sortied from the [[Saipan]] staging area on [[27 March]] with Task Group 51.2, Demonstration Group "C ...ys of the [[Occupied Japan|occupation]]—the ship shuttled supplies between Saipan, [[Manus Island|Manus]], [[Guadalcanal]], [[Espiritu Santo]], [[Leyte (isla
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• World War Two in the Pacific/Related Articles
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• USS Circe (AKA-25)
  ...une]], she carried pilots and ground crews to [[Eniwetok]], [[Kwajalein]], Saipan, and [[Tinian]], returning with men thus relieved to Pearl Harbor [[13 Augu
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• USS Ostara (AKA-33)
  ...Islands]], arriving [[4 June]]. The next day ''Ostara'' was underway for [[Saipan]], [[Marianas Islands]]. Upon arrival [[9 June]], troops were discharged an ...l at Guam passengers and cargo were discharged and the ship proceeded to [[Saipan]], where she underwent emergency hull repairs.
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• Battle of the Philippine Sea
  ...end of offensive Japanese capabilities, and gave the U.S. control of Guam, Saipan and Tinian islands that provided air bases within range of [[B-29]] bombers ...attle of the Philippine Sea. Airfields on the island of [[Battle of Saipan|Saipan]]--within B-29 range of Tokyo--was the objective as 535 ships began landing
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• USS Southampton (AKA-66)
  ...on [[5 February]] and, two days later, headed on to [[Saipan]]. She made [[Saipan]] on the 11th, conducted final invasion rehearsals off [[Tinian]] between t ''Southampton'' arrived at [[Saipan]] on [[4 March]], disembarked the wounded marines and sailors; and, by the
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• USS Muliphen (AKA-61)
  ...[Iwo Jima]] [[19 February]], unloaded until [[4 March]], then retired to [[Saipan]]. ...reserve off [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] until 10 April, she sailed then for Saipan and cargo duty between the [[Northern Mariana Islands]] and [[Solomons]]. S
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• Reijiro Wakatsuki
  ...y 1945 conference, with other former Prime Minister, after the [[Battle of Saipan]] and just before the start of the [[Battle of Iwo Jima]] and six weeks bef
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• USS Aquarius (AKA-16)
  ...Sea]] and the unexpectedly fierce resistance of the Japanese garrison on [[Saipan]] caused the invasion of Guam to be postponed. After standing-by for over a ...supplying other ships. She got underway again on the latter day; called at Saipan on [[13 April]]; Pearl Harbor on [[26 April]]; and arrived at [[Seattle]],
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• USS Lacerta (AKA-29)
  ...rked troops for the [[Battle of Okinawa|Okinawa invasion]]. She departed [[Saipan]] [[27 March]] for the operation that would advance American troops to a st ''Lacerta'' departed Okinawa [[9 April]] for [[Saipan]], where she remained until [[3 June]]. In the months prior to [[Surrender
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• Saipan/Related Articles
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• USS New Hanover (AKA-73)
  ...and passenger operations which took her to [[Pearl Harbor]], [[Tinian]], [[Saipan]], the [[Philippines]], and ultimately [[Japan]], from which she returned t
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• USS Leo (AKA-60)
  .... Turner|Richmond Kelly Turner]]. After brief calls at [[Eniwetok]] and [[Saipan]], the ship arrived off the beaches of Iwo early morning, D-Day, 19 Februar ...om [[Kwajalein]], the ship prepared for the Okinawa landing. She departed Saipan on 27 March with Rear Admiral Wright's Demonstration Force for simulated la
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• USS Fomalhaut (AKA-5)
  ...sailed 1 June to land troops and their equipment on Charan Kanoa Beach, [[Saipan]], 16 June, the day after the initial assault. On 23 June, she got underway ...[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]], off which she arrived 11 May. After a voyage to Saipan, where she touched 2 June, ''Fomalhaut'' returned to duty in San Pedro Bay
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• USS Artemis (AKA-21)
  ...got underway to participate in the [[Battle of Iwo Jimas]]. Steaming via [[Saipan]], the ship anchored in Transport Area "Baker" off the southeast coast of [ Returning to Saipan, she then went to the flet base at [[Ulithi]]. and then left for the Philip
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• USS Stokes (AKA-68)
  ...staging area in the [[Northern Mariana Islands]]. The ships stood out of [[Saipan]] on [[16 February]] for [[Iwo Jima]]. ...She then loaded combat casualties for evacuation to the base hospital at [[Saipan]]. After disembarking the wounded there, the ship moved to [[Guam]] to repl
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• USS Aurelia (AKA-23)
  ...to operate in that embattled area until [[14 April]] when she headed for [[Saipan]]. On the 16th, she continued on toward Hawaii. After a four-day stay in Pe ...Aurelia reached Pearl Harbor on [[6 July]] and, 10 days later, sailed for Saipan, via Eniwetok. She returned to Pearl Harbor on [[12 August]]. While she was
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• Ben Salomon
  ...ere no equivalents of today's advanced paramedics. During the [[Battle of Saipan]], the Japanese started overrunning his hospital unit, he stood a rear-guar The Battle of Saipan, although this was not understood in the U.S. at the time, caused the colla
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• USS Turandot (AKA-47)
  ...as a magic carpet for more than a thousand returning troops. She departed Saipan on the 27th and completed the crossing at San Pedro on [[12 December]].
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• USS Suffolk (AKA-69)
  ...k'' remained at [[Okinawa]] until [[30 April]] when she got underway for [[Saipan]]. She was ordered to return to the United States via [[Eniwetok]] and [[Pe ...loading. On [[16 June]] she stood out to sea, en route to [[Eniwetok]], [[Saipan]], and the [[Bonin Islands]], arriving at [[Iwo Jima]] on [[7 July]]. All c
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• Raymond Spruance
  At Philippine Sea, he again saw his mission as covering the [[Battle of Saipan]], not the destruction of the Japanese fleet. Later, at the [[Battle of Ley
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• Prepositioning ship
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• USS Trousdale (AKA-79)
  ...il]], she joined a south-bound convoy and, on [[27 April]], made port at [[Saipan]], where she transferred all of her [[landing craft]], save two, to other s ...lagi]], where she loaded landing craft and set out, via [[Eniwetok]] and [[Saipan]], for [[Guam]], arriving there on [[7 June]].
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• USS Alhena (AKA-9)
  ...vision embarked, bound via [[Eniwetok]] for Saipan. ''Alhena'' arrived off Saipan on 15 June and began debarking her troops. Despite undergoing two air attac
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• USS Wheatland (AKA-85)
  ...[Japan]], in company with a 34-ship convoy. She made a three-day stop at [[Saipan]] along the way and arrived at Sasebo early on the 22d. She discharged her ...n [[13 December]]. She arrived at [[Guam]] on the 28th and later visited [[Saipan]] whence she departed the [[Northern Mariana Islands]] on 22 January 1946.
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• USS Venango (AKA-82)
  ...f [[Okinawa]]. On [[22 April]], she departed the [[Ryukyus]] and reached [[Saipan]] on the 27th. ...attalion for transportation to [[Okinawa]]. Two days later, she departed [[Saipan]] in convoy and, on the 27th, stood into Nakafusuku Wan. Numerous air raids
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• Gerald Bogan
  ...ER]], the invasion of the Marshall Islands, beginning with the [[Battle of Saipan]]. During this operation, he was extremely critical of the performance of h
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• USS Whiteside (AKA-90)
  ...ary]] in convoy, bound for [[Iwo Jima]]. She stopped at [[Eniwetok]] and [[Saipan]] along the way and arrived off the objective early on the morning of [[19 ...ted Okinawa in company with the other ships of TransRon 16. After stops at Saipan and Guam, the ship arrived at [[Ulithi]] on [[26 April]]. On [[8 May]], the
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• USS Birgit (AKA-24)
  ...for a round-trip voyage to [[Saipan]] and back. The attack cargo ship made Saipan on the 27th and returned to Eniwetok on [[3 February]]. At this point, turb ...lands]], ''Birgit'' visited [[Eniwetok]] from 10 April to [[11 April]] and Saipan from [[14 April]] to [[28 April]] before she discharged her remaining cargo
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• USS Electra (AKA-4)
  ...une 1944, ''Electra'' served in the [[Battle of Saipan|assault landings on Saipan]], debarking her troops [[15 June]] and unloading cargo and embarking casua
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• United States Air Force/Bibliography
  ...ations/fulltext/aaf_wwii-v4.pdf Volume Four: ''The Pacific: Guadalcanal to Saipan August 1942 to July 1944'']
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• United States of America/Catalogs/States and Territories
  |3 ||[[Northern Mariana Islands]] ||MP ||year ||184 ||49,587 ||169.5 ||0 ||[[Saipan]] ||&nbsp;
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• USS Roxane (AKA-37)
  ...riving [[Pearl Harbor]] [[11 May]], she proceeded on to [[Eniwetok]] and [[Saipan]] before putting in to [[San Francisco, California]] [[12 July]]. Departing
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• World War Two in the Pacific/Catalogs
  * 1944-06-15 &ndash; 1944-07-09 Battle of Saipan
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• USS Lumen (AKA-30)
  Departing Okinawa, ''Lumen'' arrived [[Saipan]] [[27 April]] and for the rest of the war shuttled cargo among the islands
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• USS Sarita (AKA-39)
  ...cargo voyages from Guam between [[1 March]] and [[30 June]], calling at [[Saipan]], Tokyo Bay, [[Qingdao|Tsingtao]], [[Shanghai]], Okinawa, the [[Philippine
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• USS Lenoir (AKA-74)
  ...ng under air attack, she sustained no battle damage. She then voyaged to [[Saipan]], [[Guadalcanal]], and [[Guam]], and arrived [[San Francisco, California]]
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• USS Thuban (AKA-19)
  ...t of early dawn, ''Thuban's'' crew enjoyed a grandstand view of "D-day" on Saipan, especially of the shoreline south of Charankanoa where her own landing cra Departing Saipan on the 28th, Thuban arrived at [[Eniwetok]] on [[1 July]] and transferred h
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• USS Devosa (AKA-27)
  ...to load antisubmarine net gear for transfer to [[Iwo Jima]]. Arriving at [[Saipan]] [[13 August]] she carried recovered battle casualties who were returning
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• USS Polana (AKA-35)
  ...the end of June as she delivered cargo at [[Tinian]] [[30 June]] and at [[Saipan]] [[6 July]]–[[9 July]]. Through the summer she also called at [[New Cale
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• USS Tolland (AKA-64)
  Following brief stops at [[Eniwetok]] and [[Saipan]], ''Tolland'' anchored off [[Iwo Jima]] on [[19 February]] to commence 10 Departing from the [[Ryukyus]] on [[16 April]], ''Tolland'' proceeded via [[Saipan]] to [[Ulithi]] and engaged in nearly continuous exercises and drills throu
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• USS Valeria (AKA-48)
  ...made two round trips carrying returning Army veterans from Eniwetok and [[Saipan]] to [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] ports.
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• USS Alamance (AKA-75)
  ...rsonnel from Pearl Harbor to ports in the [[Philippines]], [[Eniwetok]], [[Saipan]], [[Palau Islands]], and [[Ulithi]].
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• USS Andromeda (AKA-15)
  ...at [[Maui]] before setting a course for the Mariana Islands. She reached [[Saipan]] on [[28 July]] and passed a fortnight in the Marianas. ''Andromeda'' retu ...arl Harbor, [[Midway Atoll|Midway]], [[Wake Island]], Kwajalein, Guam, and Saipan. In September and October of 1949, the attack cargo ship made a round-trip
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• USS Diphda (AKA-59)
  ...coast ports occasionally cruising as far west as Guam, Pearl Harbor, and [[Saipan]]. In both 1949 and 1950, her cargo duty took her to the east coast and bet
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• USS Woodford (AKA-86)
  ...ded toward the [[Northern Mariana Islands]] with Convoy OKS-14. Reaching [[Saipan]] on the 21st, ''Woodford'' proceeded independently toward [[Guam]] one wee ...mpletion of the unloading, the attack cargo ship immediately returned to [[Saipan]] to await further orders. There, at 0900 on [[15 August]], ''Woodford'' re
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• World War Two in the Pacific/Bibliography
  ...ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/IV/index.html Vol. 4, The Pacific: Guadalcanal to Saipan, August 1942 to July 1944''. 1950 online edition]; [http://www.ibiblio.org
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• USS Algol (AKA-54)
  ...ed at Saipan in the Marianas late in October. After unloading her cargo at Saipan, Algol got underway for New Guinea on 31 October. The attack cargo ship put
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• USS Mellena (AKA-32)
  ...es]] she was anchored at [[Iwo Jima]]. After transporting [[Seabees]] to [[Saipan]], she returned to [[Leyte Gulf]] [[28 August]] to carry [[Occupied Japan|o
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• USS Cepheus (AKA-18)
  ...nemy aircraft, until [[16 April]], when she cleared for replenishment at [[Saipan]]. Through May and June, she made a voyage from the [[Northern Mariana Isla
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• USS Auburn (AGC-10)
  ...Islands|Hawaii]] on 27 January 1945, made port calls at [[Eniwetok]] and [[Saipan]], and finally reached [[Tinian]] in early February. There she began final
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• USS Virgo (AKA-20)
  ...quence, the Guam assault was delayed. After steaming around to the east of Saipan for several days—during which the 5th Fleet carriers destroyed the remnan
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• Strategic air warfare against Japan
  ...tion. Closer and more secure bases could be built in the Mariana Islands (Saipan, Guam, Tinian, and others), but these would have to be taken from the Japan | Isley Field, Saipan
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• USS Starlight (AP-175)
  The troopship was then used to shuttle troops between [[Saipan]], [[Tinian]], [[Guam]], and [[United States Fleet Activities Sasebo|Sasebo
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• Operation CARTWHEEL
  | volume = Volume IV, The Pacific: Guadalcanal to Saipan August 1942 to July 1944
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• USS Tate (AKA-70)
  ...On the 22d, she headed for the [[Northern Mariana Islands]], arriving at [[Saipan]] on [[27 April]]. Five days later, she headed for the [[Solomon Islands]].
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• USS Waukesha (AKA-84)
  ''Waukesha'' returned to [[Saipan]] on [[5 September]] and embarked men of the 2d Marine Division; transferre
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• Battle of Iwo Jima
  ...a small island (only 8 square miles) on the route of the [[B-29]]s from [[Saipan]] to [[Japan]]. Airfields there could provide emergency landing fields for
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• USS Estes (AGC-12)
  ...he bitterly contested island, she sailed on [[20 April]] to replenish at [[Saipan]] and carry Admiral Blandy to [[Pearl Harbor]], where he and his staff dise
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• USS Starr (AKA-67)
  ...anuary 1945, stopping at [[Eniwetok]] for two days, before proceeding to [[Saipan]], where the [[Iwo Jima]] assault force was staging. The force cleared [[Ta
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• USS Algorab (AKA-8)
  ...ailed that day for [[Hawaiian Islands|Hawaii]]. She made a brief stop in [[Saipan]], reached [[Pearl Harbor]] on [[24 April]], and underwent another period o
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• USS Tyrrell (AKA-80)
  ''Tyrrell'' next steamed, via [[Kwajalein]], to [[Saipan]] where she embarked men and material of the 2d Marine Division destined fo
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• USS Storm King (AP-171)
  ...task force sortied on 29 May, refueled at [[Eniwetok]], and arrived off [[Saipan]] early on the morning of 15 June, "[[D-Day]]." The transport off-loaded he
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• Guadalcanal campaign/Bibliography
  ...'The Army Air Forces in World War II: Vol. IV, The Pacific: Guadalcanal to Saipan, August 1942 to July 1944'' official Air Force history [http://www.ibiblio.
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• World War II, submarine operations
  ...ssenger ships and troop transports. At critical stages of the Guadalcanal, Saipan, and Leyte campaigns, thousands of Japanese troops were killed before they
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• USS Torrance (AKA-76)
  ...dily forward. ''Torrance'' cleared the battle area and dropped anchor at [[Saipan]] on [[5 May]] to await further orders. On [[22 May]], she departed the [[M
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• USS Whitley (AKA-91)
  ...rn Mariana Islands]] soon thereafter and conducted landing rehearsals at [[Saipan]] and [[Tinian]] until [[16 February]] when she got underway for the [[Boni
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• China-Burma-India theater/Bibliography
  ** vole 4: ''The Pacific: Guadalcanal to Saipan: August 1942 to July 1944'' [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/IV/index.h
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• USS Panamint (AGC-13)
  ...] attacks in repelling the enemy. On [[15 June]] ''Panamint'' steamed to [[Saipan]] and then on to [[Pearl Harbor]], arriving [[8 July]].
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• USS Eldorado (AGC-11)
  ...[James Forrestal|James V. Forrestal]] and his party when she sailed from [[Saipan]] on [[16 February]] for [[Iwo Jima]]. From [[19 February]] to [[9 March]]
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• USS Shadwell (LSD-15)
  ...in the Philippines. En route to Samar, she was diverted twice, first to [[Saipan]], then to [[Guam]], where she arrived on [[13 August]]. ''Shadwell'' depar
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• USS Almaack (AKA-10)
  ...f the 4th Marine Division earmarked for the [[Battle of Saipan|invasion of Saipan]], in the [[Northern Mariana Islands]]. ...way shoreward by 0711. During the day, an enemy shell (a mortar shell from Saipan or an artillery shell from [[Tinian]]), struck ''Almaack's'' number three L
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• USS Yancey (AKA-93)
  ...etok]], in the [[Marshall Islands|Marshalls]], for supplies and fuel. At [[Saipan]], she later transferred her passengers to [[Tank landing ship|LST]]'s and ...on [[2 March]] and, screened by a pair of [[destroyer]]s, got underway for Saipan in company with three other transports.
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• USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7)
  ...a Retto]], threatened by constant air attacks. On 22 May, she sailed for [[Saipan]], thence to [[Pearl Harbor]] and [[San Francisco, California]], arriving i
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• World War Two in the Pacific
  ===Saipan === {{main|Battle of Saipan}}
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• USS Valencia (AKA-81)
  Arriving at [[Saipan]] on [[1 May]], ''Valencia'' transferred most of her landing craft ([[LCVP]
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• USS Arcturus (AKA-1)
  On [[15 April]], ''Arcturus'' received orders to [[Saipan]] where she was routed on to Pearl Harbor and [[San Francisco, California]]
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• USCGC Joseph Gerczak
  | work = [[Saipan Tribune]]
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• Don Budge
  ...atches against Budge 6-1 6-1 (island of Ulithi) and 6-3 4-6 6-1 (island of Saipan). Budge confided in Parker his disbelief at losing two matches in a row to
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• Chester W. Nimitz
  Winning the [[Battle of Saipan]] in June-July 1944, followed by the fall of Prime Minister General [[Hidek
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• USS Seminole (AKA-104)
  ...ugust 21 bound for the [[Northern Mariana Islands]]. After anchoring in [[Saipan]] Harbor on August 24, she unloaded cargo there and at [[Tanapag]] and [[Ti
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• USS Rankin (AKA-103)
  ''Rankin'' left Okinawa on 28 June 1945 in convoy for [[Saipan]]. There, she offloaded her boat group and then steamed independently for [
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• USS Uvalde (AKA-88)
  ...The attack cargo ship subsequently weighed anchor on the 9th and headed [[Saipan]] in the [[Northern Mariana Islands]], en route to her ultimate destination
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• Surrender of Japan
  ...[[Prime Minister of Japan]], [[Hideki Tojo]] on June 17, "If we ever lose Saipan, repeated air attacks on Tokyo will follow. No matter what it takes, we hav
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• USS Titania (AKA-13)
  ...assed through the Panama Canal in December en route to Eniwetok, Guam, and Saipan. On 16 March 1949, she arrived at [[San Francisco, California]] and remaine
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• USS Winston (AKA-94)
  ...vision (United States)|98th Infantry Division]] to Japan. She stopped at [[Saipan]] from the 19th to the 22d and arrived at [[Wakayama]], Japan, on [[27 Sept
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• United States Marine Corps
  *[[Battle of Saipan]]
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• USS Bellatrix (AKA-3)
  ...June, as the main invasion force assembled off the southeastern coast of [[Saipan]] opposite [[Charan Kanoa]], ''Bellatrix'' helped stage a diversion farther
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• Hirohito
  ...y, it was at his insistence that plans were drafted for the recapture of [[Saipan]] and, later, for an offensive in the [[Okinawa. battle of |battle of Okina
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• Nuclear attacks against Japan
  ...The peace faction had come into significance with victory in the Battle of Saipan and the resultant fall of the Hideki Tojo|Tojo government, but the Allies h
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• USS Union (AKA-106)
  ...phoon relief supplies to Guam. Some ports visited were Pearl Harbor; Guam; Saipan; Samar Island, Philippines; Tsingtao, and Taku, China. Her amphibious exper
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• World War II, air war
  ...ction. Closer and more secure bases could be built in the Mariana Islands (Saipan, Guam, Tinian), which therefore were invaded in June 1944. ...to examine a peace. The peace faction had come into being with the loss of Saipan and the resultant fall of the Tojo government, but the Allies had no hard i
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