The D Day we all are reminded of by the Press is the one in Europe. At the same time in the Pacific there was an equivalent, namely the capture of Saipan and Tinian. Tinan was critical for the B 29 attacks on Japan. Saipan was a Jap fortress.
The following are press samples from that time.
My father's ship, the Albert W Grant played a key role. It is worth recalling the global scope of that War, something we could very well expect again. It is also important to recall that the Admirals and Generals who conducted the war were not the ones there at the beginning.
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