After giving care for a scalp wound, a Japanese baby is cared for by men a medical unit of the 27th Infantry Division. 🪖



📸 After giving care for a scalp wound, a Japanese baby is cared for by men a medical unit of the 27th Infantry Division. 🪖
The baby was discovered by a tank crew during the fighting below Mt. Tapotchau on Saipan in July of 1944. 🗻

Saipan 15 June 1944

Two 4th Division US Marines take cover in a shell hole on Saipan, June 1944 .

On June 15, 1944, during the Pacific Campaign, U.S. Marines stormed the beaches of the strategically significant Japanese island of Saipan, with a goal of gaining a crucial air base from which the U.S. could launch its new long-range B-29 bombers directly at Japan’s home islands.

 Facing fierce Japanese resistance, Americans poured from their landing crafts to establish a beachhead, battle Japanese soldiers inland and force the Japanese army to retreat north. 

Fighting became especially brutal and prolonged around Mount Tapotchau, Saipan’s highest peak, and Marines gave battle sites in the area names such as “Death Valley” and “Purple Heart Ridge.” When the U.S. finally trapped the Japanese in the northern part of the island, Japanese soldiers launched a massive but futile banzai charge.

 On July 9, the U.S. flag was raised in victory over Saipan.
(www.history.com)

(Photo by Harry Warnecke - Defense Dept. (US Marine Corps 82998)

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