The Battle of Saipan, which was one of the more savage battles of the Pacific Theater in WWII, pushed the limits of the men who fought there. The brutal fight that had taken the soldiers and Marines through places like Death Valley & Purple Heart Ridge was going to end with the largest banzai charge of the entire Second World War.

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