Commemorating a battle seen as the beginning of the end of the Pacific portion of World War II, the American Memorial Park was established in 1978 on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands.
When American forces battled for possession of the island in June of 1944, they probably did not know the importance of that location. At a cost of thousands of lives both American and local islanders, the Marianas Campaign proved successful in cutting off supply and communication channels for many Japanese forces.
It also provided access for the American B-29 bombers to strike the Japan Mainland leading to the end of the War.
Over 50,000 names are inscribed on the Court of Honor which is meant to cause us to remember the Battle of Saipan.
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