Breaching the Marianas: The Battle for Saipan
Sidebar: Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith
Sidebar: The 2d Marine Division
Sidebar: The 4th Marine Division
Sidebar: The Army 27th Infantry Division
D+1-D+2, 16–17 June
Sidebar: Major General Harry Schmidt
Sidebar: Major General Thomas E. Watson
Sidebar: Divisional Reorganization
D+3, 18 June
Sidebar: Ground Command List
D+4-D+7, 19–22 June
Sidebar: Marine Artillery Regiments
D+8-D+15, 23–30 June
D+16-D+19, 1–4 July
D+20-D+23, 5–8 July
Sidebar: Medal of Honor Recipients
Harold Christ Agerholm
Harold Glenn Epperson
Grant Frederick Timmerman
Sidebar: Navy Chaplains
D+24, 9 July
Saipan’s Legacy
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About the Author
About the Series
Transcriber's Notes
BREACHING THE
MARIANAS:
THE BATTLE
FOR SAIPAN
MARINES IN
WORLD WAR II
COMMEMORATIVE SERIES
BY CAPTAIN JOHN C. CHAPIN
U.S. MARINE CORPS RESERVE (RET)
[Illustration: _A Marine enters the outskirts of Garapan, Saipan,
through the torii gate of a Shinto Shrine. Department of Defense Photo
(USMC) 92993_]
[Illustration: _The first assault wave has hit the beach from the
LVT (amphibious tractor) that brought it ashore, and the Marines now
prepare to fight their way inland. Department of Defense Photo (USMC)
83261_]