Pfc. Harry LeBert was a young Marine and father of two who — having just recovered from injuries received in the Battle of ...

Vaughn P. Drake Jr. was 23 years old and stationed at Kaneohe Naval Air Station in Oahu, Hawaii, when Japan launched the attack on the U.S. Pacific fleet.

Following Pearl Harbor, Drake fought in the Battle of Saipan in 1944 and later that year in the Marianas Campaign, which the ...

In addition to Pearl Harbor, Drake served in the Battle of Saipan from June 15 to July 9, 1944, as part of Operation Forager. It was a strategic victory for the U.S. military, allowing them to ...

"The Battle of Tinian came right after the Battle of Saipan, and Claude and his men landed there on July 25, 1944," said James P. Gregory, director of LSU's William T. Brookshire Military Museum ...

Following Pearl Harbor, Drake fought in the Battle of Saipan in 1944 and later that year in the Marianas Campaign, which the National Parks Service said was the "most decisive battle of the ...

“I haven’t made it the big thing in my life.” Drake was also a part of the Battle of Saipan in the Mariana Islands, according to the news release announcing his death. That battle, on June ...

Drake also witnessed the Battle of Saipan in the Mariana Islands, a turning point for the US in the conflict. Drake was just 23 and serving as an Army engineer at the time of the Japanese attack ...

Beyond Pearl Harbor, Drake witnessed the Battle of Saipan, a turning point for the United States in World War II. He received several commendations, including the World War II Victory Medal and a ...

The release notes that he also witnessed the Battle of Saipan in the Marianas and received the World War II Victory Medal and a special congressional medal honoring Pearl Harbor veterans.