John Fusano: ‘You owe it to your country to serve’
IT took him 65 years to set foot again on the island of Saipan. Sylmar, California-resident John Fusano — whose...
Saipan holds a special memory for Carl Matthews
It was his son's curiosity that whetted his appetite to gather more details about what had happened to them on...
Anna Bucher: WWII internee at Santo Tomas, Los Banos
Anna is author of a book titled, “Ocho Ocho: My Childhood In War-torn Asia” published in 2012, which talks about...
A trove of rare WWII photographs in full color
STAFF Sergeant Raymond Hagley, originally from Cleveland, Ohio, left his family a legacy of rare color Kodachrome slides. Little did his...
Guy Gabaldon: Saipan’s Pied Piper
Guy Gabaldon The surrender of 1,500 soldiers and civilians and soldiers on Saipan in 1944 was attributed to WWII veteran...
Therapist helped establish five hospitals in the Marianas during WWII
In an interview with this reporter on the Fourth of July in 2012, she said, many of her contemporaries had...
Former LA Times proofreader visits Saipan where he fought in WWII
A musician and former Los Angeles Times proofreader returned to Saipan on Feb. 4, 2014, and was honored for his...
Japanese WWII veteran Yoshio Ideguchi survived on eating snails in Saipan jungle
Long after Captain Oba Sakae had surrendered to the American forces on Saipan, a paratrooper stayed behind several more months...
Japanese soldier vows to pray on Saipan as long as he lives
A former Imperial Army soldier has vowed to keep coming back to Saipan to pray for those who perished in...
‘We drank our tears’
Huddled together in a cramped cave during the Battle of Saipan, they wept to slake their thirst. In an interview...
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