LeBert was part of the operation to seize the island of Saipan during the Pacific Campaign of World War II. “It took 24 days for the island to be taken over completely. Unfortunately, the second day ...

Ongoing upgrades and expansion on Guam mirror improvements to facilities on the islands of Tinian and Saipan. Commandant Gen. Eric Smith testified in a congressional hearing earlier in 2024 that ...

invade Saipan in the Mariana Islands of the Central Pacific. June 19, 1944 Japan's counterattack results in the greatest carrier battle of World War II. U.S. forces shoot down so many Japanese ...

The Americans did not discover until after the war how well informed the Japanese commanders of these islands were. Details of American attacks on Saipan and in the Philippines were known to the ...

After surviving that attack, Drake went on to serve in the Battle of Saipan in the Marianas campaign of WWII's Pacific theater as well.He received the special Congressional Medal for the Veterans ...

invade Saipan in the Mariana Islands of the Central Pacific. June 19, 1944 Japan's counterattack results in the greatest carrier battle of World War II. U.S. forces shoot down so many Japanese ...