Tag: Tinian
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The Japanese governor of the Northern Marianas had been widowed so he took a special trip to Japan to find himself a new wife. He found a young woman he was smitten with in the American protestant church’s orphanage. Soon, a wedding was officiated and he planned to head back to Saipan with his new…
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He felt sorry for the Japanese people but he did what was necessary. World War II veteran Raymond Russell Kelly who flew over 35 bombing missions to mainland Japan in 1945 shared his experience with Marianas Variety and Kyodo News in an interview at the American Memorial Park on June 13, 2014. They were in…
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In an interview with this reporter on the Fourth of July in 2012, she said, many of her contemporaries had passed away and she was grateful to be around still. For Jean, she did not know of any other WWII female veteran still living. With four brothers in the military, she wanted to experience what…
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FREEDOM comes at a cost. So said U.S. Marine Corps Ret. Lt. General Lawrence Snowden in an interview with this reporter at the VFW Saipan Post in March 2012 following his trip to Iwo Jima. He said the young generation should look at Iwo Jima, Korean War, war in Afghanistan and recognize that freedom costs…