The Battle of the Philippine Sea ... carriers and 1,350 planes in a massive showdown between the US Navy's Fifth Fleet and Japan's Mobile Fleet. Admiral Spruance’s cautious but effective ...

More than 2,400 U.S. military servicemembers were killed when the Empire of Japan attacked the United States' Pacific Fleet at its ... Drake witnessed the Battle of Saipan in the Marianas and ...

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 ...

He was 23 years old when the Japanese launched the surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific fleet that led the ... Drake served in the Battle of Saipan from June 15 to July 9, 1944, as part of ...