American soldier inspects Japanese supplies in cave on Saipan. A U.S.
American soldier inspects Japanese supplies in cave on Saipan. A U.S. soldier examines a sack of rice included in the Japanese supplies found in a cave (right) on Saipan Island. American troops routed the enemy from natural caves which honeycomb the rugged hills of Saipan, Marianas island in the Central Pacific, where organized Japanese resistance was ended on July 8, 1944. Saipan, formerly a key link in the enemy's inner ...