A World War II Marine who was killed in action was interred on Wednesday, July 2, after his remains were identified and ...

WWII Marine Pfc. Harry LeBert was laid to rest in Louisiana 80 years after his death in the Battle of Saipan. LeBert's ...

The Battle of Saipan started on June 15, 1944, and lasted until July 9 a few weeks later. The United States was victorious, but it came at a heavy cost: roughly 3,500 Marines died.

The battle resulted in the deaths of around 25,000 people. At least 5,000 of those Japanese forces killed died as a result of suicide to avoid capture in the northern part of the island where they ...

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) — It was a peculiar setting to the final act in a legal drama that has now spanned the globe: a rural Western Pacific island, where visitors are usually ...