Religious service commemorates American soldiers killed on Saipan. A U,S.
Religious service commemorates American soldiers killed on Saipan. A U,S. Navy Chaplain leads Mass on Saipan Island in memory of American soldiers killed while landing on the Marianas base in the Central Pacific on June 14, 1944. By June 28, 1,474 Americans had died fighting the fiercely resisting Japanese, and U.S. troops had buried 4,951 enemy dead. Saipan, a key base in Japan's inner defense system, is only 1,500 miles ...
