Last Banzai Charge Party

The last and largest banzai charges happened in Tanapag on the island of Saipan. 3,000 Japanese soldiers charged the American machine guns, most armed with just a sharp stick. Before the charge, U.S. soldiers heard the Japanese partying in the distance. I found what I believe to be one of those last party locations in the jungle of Marpi. See more:
http://saipanpictures.blogspot.com/2008/07/last-command-post.html

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[gaminkalv]

Very interesting.... the debris from world war 2 is still there. The last objects they touched before suicide charging the Americans. Thanks for this.

[SaipanPictures]

@gaminkalv Thanks Gaminkalv. The WWII debris is everywhere here in the jungles and caves.

[tarvligt]

Dear Saipan Pictures, I see that you have a genuine interest when it comes to researching the aftermaths of such peculiar historical events as the last banzai charge of Saipan.

I therefore find it to be no more than fair of me to inform you that "bonzai" is a type of tree (however, I don't find myself well informed enough to comment any further on that), and that "banzai" is a common cry of joy, literally meaning "ten thousand years", in Japanese. I think you meant to say "banzai", right.

[SaipanPictures]

@tarvligt You're right. Thank you.

[michalgreenalien]

How come all that porcelain is still visible after all those years?

[SaipanPictures]

There's probably so much more buried under the leaves.

[XK4M4K4Z1x84NZ41X]

Try going there at night.... All you would hear are the echoing calls of "Banzai"

[meathaxlol]

These guys have balls. I would be too scared to do that.

[THEFLUFFY1totheMAX]

@tarvligt I corrected myself. I googled it and the plant is a Bonsai tree. The other is Banzai which means ten thousand years.

[THEFLUFFY1totheMAX]

@tarvligt Isn't banzai pronounced bonzai?

[counterstrikenerd321]

@ashleycamacho7 did you collect it.

[ashleycamacho7]

WOW.. I LIVED IN MARPI AND I REMEMBER MY SISTER FINDING A HELMET IN THE WOODS.... SCARY...