A special recognition ceremony in Saipan honored the legacy of American servicemen who fought in the battle of Saipan and ...

For the Japanese, keeping Saipan was crucial in stopping the American advance. In what became known as the Battle of the Philippine Sea, American and Japanese carriers fought a two-day sea and air ...

Usually associated with "sun, sand and snorkelling" the Pacific island of Saipan was a surprising location for the culmination of Julian Assange's long legal battle with the USA. But the "string ...

Eighty years after the Battle of Saipan, a collection of battlefield interviews with US soldiers has been uncovered. Their voices tell the story of one of the most brutal chapters of the war.

The last surviving member of Company B from Cohoes, Spike served 5.5 years in the army before being severely wounded in the Battle of Saipan. And it was a soldier’s burial he received Tuesday at ...

During World War II, more than 50,000 people, including civilians, died on Saipan--the site of the gruesome Battle of Saipan in 1944. War is truly cruel. Seventy-eight years have passed since the ...