Nine days after D-Day, on June 15, 1944, the Battle of Saipan erupted on the other side of the world. It was to be as pivotal for the Pacific Theater as D-Day was for the war in Europe. Eighty years ...

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Island--Current service members, World War II veterans, and community leaders honored the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Saipan by attending a parade and a wreath-laying ...

"As a surgeon, we don't arm ourselves during battle." But of course he must defend himself! Saban Films has revealed an official trailer for a military action film titled Battle for Saipan, based on ...

During three vicious weeks in the summer of 1944, more than 3,000 United States troops and 27,000 Japanese soldiers were killed in the Battle of Saipan. It was a pivotal World War II battle from June ...

Before he landed on Saipan Island in June 1944, Cpl. Daniel W. Smith had already seen his first dead enemy soldier. He was in the Marshall Islands when he found that soldier’s wallet and opened it up.

This photo provided by Bob Dial shows World War II veterans Wilfred "Spike" Mailloux, left, and John Sidur, both of Cohoes, N.Y., at a presentation on the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Saipan at ...

The tiny island where Julian Assange pleaded guilty to one count of espionage has a dark and bloody history which involved the deaths of thousands during a brutal battle in World War II between ...

A Louisiana World War II hero was finally buried on home soil last week 81 years after being killed in action in 1944 during one of the most consequential campaigns of the Pacific Theater. Private ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Even after seven decades, Wilfred "Spike" Mailloux won't talk about surviving a bloody World War II battle unless longtime friend John Sidur is by his side. It was Sidur who ...