Invasion Beach
By looking at this lovely, peaceful
beach today you could never imagine what must have taken place
in 1944. This is where the American forces
landed wave after wave of troops at the start of the Battle of
Saipan. Two thousand American casualties happened here, many
from a machine gun on Agingan
Point. This point is off to the left as you look toward the ocean.
Each time I take a stroll on this beach I remember the soldiers
who had to fight a full day just to get off the beach. The south
side of this beach was once an ancient Chamorro village. My daughter
found a large piece of 2,000+ year-old pottery which we donated
to the museum.
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