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Page 386
... Saipan than on any other mandated island . Even the bloody record of Tarawa was eclipsed . There were about 22 times as many American casualties in the first two weeks on Saipan as Marine casualties on Guadalcanal . And Japanese deaths ...
... Saipan than on any other mandated island . Even the bloody record of Tarawa was eclipsed . There were about 22 times as many American casualties in the first two weeks on Saipan as Marine casualties on Guadalcanal . And Japanese deaths ...
Page 400
... Saipan . But the rest of Saipan is different from this dinosaurlike hump of cliffs in its middle . Saipan has been producing six million dollars ' worth of sugar a year . Sugar cane does not grow on cliffs ( page 394 ) . Looking down ...
... Saipan . But the rest of Saipan is different from this dinosaurlike hump of cliffs in its middle . Saipan has been producing six million dollars ' worth of sugar a year . Sugar cane does not grow on cliffs ( page 394 ) . Looking down ...
Page 407
... Saipan . Yet you get only $ 100,000 worth of exports from the island in a year . We get $ 7,000,000 worth out of Saipan . " It is true that Guam's possibilities are al- most untouched . Guam , together with the neighboring Marianas ...
... Saipan . Yet you get only $ 100,000 worth of exports from the island in a year . We get $ 7,000,000 worth out of Saipan . " It is true that Guam's possibilities are al- most untouched . Guam , together with the neighboring Marianas ...
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