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The battle for Saipan is remembered as one of the bloodiest battles fought in the Pacific during World War II, and was a turning point on the road to the defeat of Japan. In this work, the survivors--including Pacific Islanders on whose land the Americans and Japanese fought their war--have the opportunity to tell their stories in their own words. The author offers an introduction to the volume and arranges the oral histories by location--Saipan, Yap and Tinian, Rota, Palau Islands, and Guam--in the first half, and by branch of service in the second half.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I Micronesian Voices: Oral Histories of Pacific Islanders
1. Saipan
Japanese Father, Chamorro Mother—Vicky Vaughan
My Two Families—Sister Antonieta Ada
Escolastica—Escolastica Tudela Cabrera
The Fisherman's Son—Juan Blanco
The Policeman—Gregorio C. Cabrera
Messenger Boy for the Japanese Police—Manuel T. Sablan
Provisional Marine—Cristino S. Dela Cruz
Arrested by the Kempeitai—David Sablan
Carolinian Elder—Felipe Iguel Ruak
With Father Tardio and the Nuns—Marie Soledad Castro
The Boy from Taegu—Taeki Lee
2. Yap and Tinian
The Flemings from Yap—Alfred Flores Fleming and Rosalia Aldan Fleming
The White Russian from Yap—Alex Tretnoff
3. Rota
Digging Tunnels on Rota—Antonio Shimabukuro Borja
Hungry and Thirsty on Rota—Jose King
Chicken and Corn—Jose Hocog Mundo
4. Palau Islands
I Worked for the Kempeitai—Roman Tmetuchl
The Sailor from Angaur—Manuel S. Sablan
5. Guam
The Interpreter—Henry S. Pangelinan
The Interpreter's Wife—"Marikita" Palacios Crisostomo
From Sumay to Santa Rita—Gregorio Borja
PART II
American Voices: Oral Histories of U.S. Military Veterans and Their Families
6. The Marines
The First Armored Amphibian Battalion—Dale L. Barker
The Bastard Battalion—Frank Borta
Farm Boy from Oklahoma—Paul E. Cooper
Sixth Provisional Marine M.P. Battalion—James A. Moore
Maug Island—Robert Owensby
Marines Don't Cry in Public—Robert Roland
Mr. Leary—Carl Matthews
7. The Army
Military Intelligence Service Attached to
Twenty-seventh Army Division—Benjamin Hazard
A Nisei's Story—Nobuo Richard Kishiue
The Thirty-third Coast Artillery Battery—Roland Fronheiser
Field Artillery Officer—Edmund Joseph Lyga
8. The Navy
Navy Civil Affairs Unit—Harris Martin
Gunnery Officer: USS Twining (DD 540)—William VanDusen
Patrol Bombing Squadron Twenty-two—Bob Willig
9. The Army Air Force
B-29 Lead Pilot—Ray Brashear
B-24 Nose Gunner—Gerald Shaffer
10. The Home Front
When Johnnie Didn't Come Marching Home—Bill Winnekins
Already I Miss You as Much as I Thought I Would—Jane Broome Plante
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