Island of Saipan 1996

Battle of Saipan Photos of the island taken in 1996 David Moore returned to the beaches and battlefields of Saipan in 1996 to visit the same places he had seen fifty-two years before. Click on the images to get a larger image. See The Battle of Saipan - 1944 for what it was like as a Seabee loading barges with gasoline and ammunition during the battle.

Beachhead in 1996	Beachhead in 1996

Beachhead in 1996. Note the beachfront hotels built by Japanese businesses for Japanese tourists.	Beachhead in 1996

Flags at the Saipan war memorial.	Saipan war memorial.

Saipan war memorial.	Japanese airstrip at the North end of the island.

Another view of airstrip.	Another view of airstrip.

The North end of the island.	Mountain at North end of the island.

Another view of the mountain.	Another view of the mountain.

A view of the island from the top of a mountain.	Harakiri Gulch where the last major battle of the island occurred.

The North end of the island.	Memorial at the North end of the island for those who died.
	Click here to see photos of the battle of Saipan taken in 1944 by a military photographer and given to David Moore. Click here to return to the www.battleofsaipan.com home page.
The suicide cliffs where many Japanese military and civilians took their own lives at the end of the Battle of Saipan.

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