I was born and raised till i was 12 in saipan... I moved to new jersey for 4 years... Only 2 people (my closest friends) knows im from saipan... no one knows im a chamorro... hard to explain to them were im from.. so i just lie and lie say im from new jersey for 4 years... now they think im spanish, asian, or hawaiian.... im an embarrassment to my culture.
My grandfather fought in Saipan. He was telling my older brother one day when he and his buddy were checking for civilians in civilian houses, they found a whole platoon of japanese soldiers and his buddy shot them all down.
My dad was in the Navy. Landing Craft Infantry-Rocket. In other words, LCI-R. He rocketed the beaches and beyond before the Marines landed. His ship was the 462. They got close,,,real close, to do their job. Great video.
I from Saipan and I'm an islander. No knows that the bloodiest battle of the Pacific took place here. They didn't even know about the Marianas Turkey shoot.
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My Grandfather fought at Saipan, Tinian, and Okinawa in the USMC. I try to ask him of his experiences there but he won't talk much about them.... Before his ship landed at Siapan a Japanese Kamikazi hit his ship. The head of the Kamikazi rolled across the deck and landed by his foot. He took the headband off the decapitated head and kicked it overboard. I have it framed. No Joke.
It's really hard to get those stories from the men who fought in the Pacific. That is not to discredit the men who fought in Europe, but every man I talked to who was in Europe will tell you damn near anything you want to know. But anyways, that is quite a story. Your grandfather was a good man. If he is still around tell him I said thank you.
The Herald community newpaper from Chicago Il records my uncle "Robert, M.M.3/c., lost his life aboard the USS Watts when it was struck by a Jap suicide plane on August 11, 1945. He had served 19 months in continuous service on the ocean but died aboard his ship." His brother (my father) had just returned home from Saipan when he got the news. They are now gone from this earth and are reunited in heaven. God Bless them always. Love, Daughter and Niece
ths footage s rely amazng.. i've been to saipan jst early this year and jst fel nloved the place. we visited a lot of hstoric places n saipan and even recognzed some spots shown in this video specifically the very cliff where a woman jumped..
jesus I never knew it was like that......more than 4 weeks of hardcore war....I see the reality of how it is and it's nothing like in the movies.........
Yes he survived, he died after the wars, on December 7th, 2001. He retired after his first tour in Vietnam, he didn't want to be there any more than he had too. Although, my dad told me how he had wished so bad he could rejoin the Corps and go to the Gulf in the 90's.
I don't know, maybe. He didn't talk much about it, I really don't know. He was an engineer in Vietnam and Infantryman in Korea and WWII. I think. The only things he ever told us was a story where he said that the Chosin Reservoir in Korea was the coldest place he could ever imagine. He also had one story about him driving a tractor and his CO got sniped but he had to keep driving the tractor while infantry looked for the sniper.
The war was lost for japan in 1942 at midway, stupid that they kept fighting, all it did was cause more death, from midway it was just a question of when. But that is what happens when insanity rules over reason. They believed that they were superior, so by some miracle they would defeat the us military that was commited to victory at any cost.
my uncle was in the 27th "new york infantry" divsion his unit the 27th qm co was abushed by the large bonzai attack they lost many of there men, his unit came to saipan with 128 men and cam out with 42....
Some of the footage shown isn't actually from the battle of Saipan ... for example, the kamikaze plane crashing into a U.S. warship happened later in the war. The Japanese did not employ kamikazes until the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944.
no they first used sucide planes in the battles for the coral sea and new britain (1942-1943), world war two magazine i think november issue has picture of a unexploded "baka plane"on new britain
The first recorded suicide attack was just two hours after Pearl Harbor when a Japanese pilot deliberately crashed his damaged aircraft into an American ship. It kept happening sporadically thereafter but became really organized during the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
Yeah, Yamamoto discouraged suicide attacks, since he knew he could reuse the men if they could survive. After he died many who believed in the suicide attacks encouraged it, which like you said became well renown in the Battle of the Phillippine sea.
I was born and raised till i was 12 in saipan... I moved to new jersey for 4 years... Only 2 people (my closest friends) knows im from saipan... no one knows im a chamorro... hard to explain to them were im from.. so i just lie and lie say im from new jersey for 4 years... now they think im spanish, asian, or hawaiian.... im an embarrassment to my culture.
CHRiiSTiAN99 4 days ago
I proudly recite on Saipan. I hope to one day join the USMC which is the branch that fought for this island.
ericatomic934 1 month ago
respect to all soldiers, no matter what side or country they align themselves with.
nzman101 5 months ago
0:59 That kamikaze must have lit the night at that moment.
UStheFA 5 months ago
I was Born in saipan too but i left at the age of 7
but luckily when i asked do you know saipan too my neighbor and suprisingly he was chomoro
sUpErSpArTan108 10 months ago
My grandfather fought in Saipan. He was telling my older brother one day when he and his buddy were checking for civilians in civilian houses, they found a whole platoon of japanese soldiers and his buddy shot them all down.
miteyboosh23 11 months ago
My dad was in the Navy. Landing Craft Infantry-Rocket. In other words, LCI-R. He rocketed the beaches and beyond before the Marines landed. His ship was the 462. They got close,,,real close, to do their job. Great video.
sgt1368 1 year ago
Awesome video.
BeaukLynch 1 year ago
my great uncle was killed on saipan. may him rest in peace
bikepeddlar6 1 year ago
This footage isn't from saipan.
ww2buff1001 1 year ago
I from Saipan and I'm an islander. No knows that the bloodiest battle of the Pacific took place here. They didn't even know about the Marianas Turkey shoot.
M16FMJ 1 year ago
wow im from saipan too except i only lived there for 6 years then moved out here to Utah,Washington,and Tennessee. I miss saipan......
masterofsaipan 2 years ago
my bad i thought you were sum1 knew
Saipanizmahome 2 years ago
2:12 was that a kamikaze?
thecarrotdude 2 years ago
@thecarrotdude Yep, a dead one.
Eye4Lites 2 years ago
I was born in Saipan and lived there for 9 years.
And when I came to Canada.
not one single person ever heard of it.
Onny01 2 years ago 9
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nesianboy 2 years ago
i just moved to saipan, never heard of it before. when I lived in Ohio....will say....it is a beautiful island!!
yiorgos85 2 years ago
@Onny01 How not? The tanks are everywhere.
herrnhutmissionary 1 year ago
@herrnhutmissionary But nobody here knows about it.
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Onny01 1 year ago
@Onny01 I will be living there and I know!
herrnhutmissionary 1 year ago
@herrnhutmissionary canada, or Saipan?
'cause this is how it's gonna go
Someone is gonna ask where you're born
You say United states
They then ask WHERE in united states
You then have to explain about Saipan
Happens all the time -_-
Onny01 1 year ago
This is where 3/10 marines got there name" seven for one" seven enemy dead for every marine was the kill ratio
masterdebaterFU 2 years ago
My grandfather fought with the 3rd amphibious battailion 2nd marine division on Tarawa, Saipan and Okinawa.
He is my Hero and the reason i joined the Marines. Rest in Peace John Kerr you are dearly missed.
askerr12 2 years ago 3
wow thats truly some thing there
555banzai 2 years ago
I'M FROM SAIPAN
saipanboy670 2 years ago 2
realy nice place, if the question isnt stupid
555banzai 2 years ago
My Grandfather fought at Saipan, Tinian, and Okinawa in the USMC. I try to ask him of his experiences there but he won't talk much about them.... Before his ship landed at Siapan a Japanese Kamikazi hit his ship. The head of the Kamikazi rolled across the deck and landed by his foot. He took the headband off the decapitated head and kicked it overboard. I have it framed. No Joke.
bettendorfer78 2 years ago 14
It's really hard to get those stories from the men who fought in the Pacific. That is not to discredit the men who fought in Europe, but every man I talked to who was in Europe will tell you damn near anything you want to know. But anyways, that is quite a story. Your grandfather was a good man. If he is still around tell him I said thank you.
Thor599 2 years ago 3
@bettendorfer78 could you please upload it?
i would be gratefull
dividednation44 9 months ago
@bettendorfer78 pix or it didn't happen.
Noobssuckass300 8 months ago
The Herald community newpaper from Chicago Il records my uncle "Robert, M.M.3/c., lost his life aboard the USS Watts when it was struck by a Jap suicide plane on August 11, 1945. He had served 19 months in continuous service on the ocean but died aboard his ship." His brother (my father) had just returned home from Saipan when he got the news. They are now gone from this earth and are reunited in heaven. God Bless them always. Love, Daughter and Niece
singcardinalsing 2 years ago 2
dha part wer dha lady jst
jumpsz off dha cliff is a clip
4rm a video mah teacher
showed us in social studiesz,.
stephiegirl48 3 years ago
My grandfather was there 4TH USMC
kleptobyte 3 years ago
mine too
youtubielol 3 years ago
saipan born n raised half my life!
BDuBBxBWS 3 years ago
I'm sad, I'm American.. and i think Saipan is very beautiful
DarKStorMStudios 3 years ago
god bless our soldiers. being born in Saipan I am forever grateful for my freedom
samsunit144 3 years ago
Rest in Peace, Uncle Alfie
You will never be forgotten...
Marine Sgt. Alfred Lawrence Kirby
2nd Marine Div.
Saipan - KIA 16 June 1944
hnymooner 3 years ago
Amen. God bless Uncle Alfie.
kleptobyte 3 years ago
this helped me with my homework thank you! :)
carlexbananex 3 years ago
I live in Saipan may be small but peaceful.
ecalsean 3 years ago
ths footage s rely amazng.. i've been to saipan jst early this year and jst fel nloved the place. we visited a lot of hstoric places n saipan and even recognzed some spots shown in this video specifically the very cliff where a woman jumped..
mervin16 3 years ago
jesus I never knew it was like that......more than 4 weeks of hardcore war....I see the reality of how it is and it's nothing like in the movies.........
o5c4rm4o5c4rm4 3 years ago
Read "Line of Departure: Tarawa" it doesn't cover this battle, but Tarawa was a very bloody invasion.
Thor599 2 years ago
saipan ;looks nothing like it did in windtalkers but that was a somewhat innacurate film 0.o
Threefiftysix 3 years ago 2
music from?
swaterik1986 4 years ago
The music is from the film "Ladder 49"
stage 4 years ago
sad tragic and a good video well done
lordinfidel 4 years ago
My grandfather fought there
semperfi122 4 years ago
did he survived.
Master666555 3 years ago
Yes, he fought in Korea and Vietnam after World War Two.
semperfi122 3 years ago
and in vietnam he died?or he was like an "hero" and survived the 3 wars?would be awesome :)
Master666555 3 years ago
Yes he survived, he died after the wars, on December 7th, 2001. He retired after his first tour in Vietnam, he didn't want to be there any more than he had too. Although, my dad told me how he had wished so bad he could rejoin the Corps and go to the Gulf in the 90's.
semperfi122 3 years ago
so he killed a lots of enemys?!
Master666555 3 years ago
I don't know, maybe. He didn't talk much about it, I really don't know. He was an engineer in Vietnam and Infantryman in Korea and WWII. I think. The only things he ever told us was a story where he said that the Chosin Reservoir in Korea was the coldest place he could ever imagine. He also had one story about him driving a tractor and his CO got sniped but he had to keep driving the tractor while infantry looked for the sniper.
semperfi122 3 years ago
Ok.Thank you for telling this short story.
Very interesting.
Master666555 3 years ago
Do not know who edited this but there were no kamikaze attacks during saipan assault.
that came later in the Phillipines and was de rigeur at Okinawa in april 1945.
I was there
billybitzer 4 years ago
You're right about that Billybitzer. What unit did you serve in by the way?
MalteseFalcon786 4 years ago
but i thought saipan was invaded by mosquitos.
ikester79 4 years ago
that's because you are a creep.
I was there.
billybitzer 4 years ago
The war was lost for japan in 1942 at midway, stupid that they kept fighting, all it did was cause more death, from midway it was just a question of when. But that is what happens when insanity rules over reason. They believed that they were superior, so by some miracle they would defeat the us military that was commited to victory at any cost.
Alexn1067 4 years ago
very moving video
rlegions 4 years ago
Among the biggest massive suicides of human history, this battle in 1944 was massive.I live in Brazil.
daltonagre 4 years ago
my uncle was in the 27th "new york infantry" divsion his unit the 27th qm co was abushed by the large bonzai attack they lost many of there men, his unit came to saipan with 128 men and cam out with 42....
alvitokid76 4 years ago
man they invaded saipan nine days after d-day
screagle102 4 years ago
i live on saipan
extremateer 4 years ago
That was one of the most moving footages I have seen. The horrific Japanese losses on Saipan led to the removal of the Tojo government.
Gateking 5 years ago
Some of the footage shown isn't actually from the battle of Saipan ... for example, the kamikaze plane crashing into a U.S. warship happened later in the war. The Japanese did not employ kamikazes until the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944.
LastCommodore 5 years ago
no they first used sucide planes in the battles for the coral sea and new britain (1942-1943), world war two magazine i think november issue has picture of a unexploded "baka plane"on new britain
alvitokid76 4 years ago
Coral Sea and New Britain? I don't think so... look up "Kamikaze" in wikipedia.
LastCommodore 4 years ago
yes but japenese were told never surrender so if they were hit they would hit the nearest target
alvitokid76 4 years ago
The first recorded suicide attack was just two hours after Pearl Harbor when a Japanese pilot deliberately crashed his damaged aircraft into an American ship. It kept happening sporadically thereafter but became really organized during the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
MalteseFalcon786 4 years ago
Yeah, Yamamoto discouraged suicide attacks, since he knew he could reuse the men if they could survive. After he died many who believed in the suicide attacks encouraged it, which like you said became well renown in the Battle of the Phillippine sea.
Thor599 4 years ago
Thats ny homeland baby.. YA!!!!!!!!!
Locknah 5 years ago
You Should See the Movie WindTalker THen!!!
PresidentClinton 5 years ago
Really wasn't a "Japanese" island. It kinda got persuaded to be one, if you know what I mean.
wandawong 5 years ago
I'm from Saipan too... wow... now my college buddies could see where we came from.
jigitol 5 years ago
lol yeah, this is a great tourism video to show them. It really shows the beauty of your homeland
EduardoHampino 5 years ago
Haha I didn't mean it as a tourism video. However good history behind it!
jigitol 5 years ago
every country that america influence turn into a country of homos and whores and dont forget the ugly ass mix race like crackers
illiethug 5 years ago
thats my homeland!! =(
inia 5 years ago
i'm from Saipan... ty for this... now i can show my friends who don't even know where saipan is.
NitaGirl 5 years ago
wow
amazing
photox 6 years ago