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SNAPSHOTS OF SAIPAN |
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![]() BUSY DOWNTOWN GARAPAN, SAIPAN |
![]() SAIPAN'S MODERN HARD ROCK CAFE |
![]() BANZAI CLIFF (SCENE OF JAPANESE SUICIDES) |
![]() ANOTHER VIEW OF BANZAI CLIFF |
![]() MEMORIAL AT BANZAI CLIFF |
![]() ANOTHER MEMORIAL |
![]() ANOTHER MEMORIAL |
![]() LAST JAPANESE COMMAND POST |
![]() (ABOVE) BIRD ISLAND (RIGHT) SUICIDE CLIFF - ANOTHER SITE WHERE MASS JAPANESE SUICIDES TOOK PLACE DESPITE ASSURANCES FROM AMERICAN TROOPS THAT FAMILIES WOULD NOT BE HARMED. RATHER THAN FACE PERCEIVED TORTURE IN THE FACE OF DEFEAT, HUNDREDS OF MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN CHOSE SUICIDE. |
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