Breaching the Marianas: The Battle for Saipan

by John C. Chapin

Transcriber’s note: Table of Contents added by Transcriber and placed into the Public Domain.

Contents

• [Breaching the Marianas: The Battle for Saipan]
• [Sidebar: Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith]
• [Sidebar: The 2d Marine Division]
• [Sidebar: The 4th Marine Division]
• [Sidebar: The Army 27th Infantry Division]
• [D+1–D+2, 16–17 June]
• [Sidebar: Major General Harry Schmidt]
• [Sidebar: Major General Thomas E. Watson]
• [Sidebar: Divisional Reorganization]
• [D+3, 18 June]
• [Sidebar: Ground Command List]
• [D+4–D+7, 19–22 June]
• [Sidebar: Marine Artillery Regiments]
• [D+8–D+15, 23–30 June]
• [D+16–D+19, 1–4 July]
• [D+20–D+23, 5–8 July]
• [Sidebar: Medal of Honor Recipients]
• [Harold Christ Agerholm]
• [Harold Glenn Epperson]
• [Grant Frederick Timmerman]
• [Sidebar: Navy Chaplains]
• [D+24, 9 July]
• [Saipan’s Legacy]
• [Sources]
• [About the Author]
• [About the Series]
• [Transcriber's Notes]

Breaching the
Marianas:
The Battle
For Saipan

Marines in
World War II
Commemorative Series

By Captain John C. Chapin
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (Ret)

A Marine enters the outskirts of Garapan, Saipan, through the torii gate of a Shinto Shrine. Department of Defense Photo (USMC) 92993

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