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World War II photographs show American soldiers' fight for survival in brutal Battle of Saipan | Mail Online

Thought I'd share this article with our US members.

The World War 11 photographs show American soldiers fight for survival In the battle of Saipan.

Very moving photographs.
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Thank you.
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Thanks, Oscar. I'm glad I was lucky enough never to have seen combat.
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Thank you, Oscar! My father was in the Navy in the South Pacific during WWII but thankfully he never saw action. His most vivid wartime memory was of the young bare breasted polynesian women who would swim out to the nearby ships then swim back to shore. To an 18 year old young man from western Virginia, that was quite a vision and welcome distraction!

My maternal grandfather was on a merchant marine ship that was torpedoed in the Mediterranean Sea. They were carrying Italian prisoners of war. I don't know all of the details but they were rescued by another ship.
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