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 ...

The battle resulted in the loss of more than 6,000 ... The last recordings in the collection were made in 1945, and included audio from Saipan, Guam and Okinawa as well as Iwo Jima.

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.

A Blair County man who lost his life in the Battle of Iwo Jima has been memorialized by the nonprofit Stories Behind the ...

Since the Japanese controlled nearly every island between the Philippines and Hawaii in 1942, getting to the Philippines meant seizing many of those islands, which included Guadalcanal ...

“Guam: The Battle for an American Island in World War II,” is No. 8 on Hallas’ well-regarded list of titles covering the battles of Peleliu, Okinawa and Saipan, along with two books on ...

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 ...