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Suicide Cliff |
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| Suicide Cliff is 820 feet above
sea level with most of that being a vertical drop to the rocks
just behind the Last
Command Post. It provides cool breezes and breathtaking views
of the ocean and the hills of Northern Saipan. Suicide Cliff
has a similar history as Bonzai
Cliff. The name came from the mass suicides of Japanese civilians
at the end of the Battle of Saipan. Rather than surrender, Japanese
families lined up on the cliff's edge from youngest to oldest.
Each in turn gave the one in front a push. |
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Looking up from Veteran's Cemetery. |
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Looking down to Veteran's Cemetery. |
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