PALAU, Western Pacific >> The brilliant blue waters, thick foliage and bucolic atmosphere on this seemingly idyllic ...

From the East China Sea to the skies and battlefields of France, the Family of Benelux employee Scott Moore bravely heeded ...

"The Battle of Tinian came right after the Battle of Saipan, and Claude and his men landed there on July 25, 1944," said James P. Gregory, director of LSU's William T. Brookshire Military Museum ...

After surviving that attack, Drake went on to serve in the Battle of Saipan in the Marianas campaign of WWII's Pacific theater as well.He received the special Congressional Medal for the Veterans ...

In addition to Pearl Harbor, Drake served in the Battle of Saipan from June 15 to July 9, 1944, as part of Operation Forager. It was a strategic victory for the U.S. military, allowing it to gain ...

Following Pearl Harbor, Drake fought in the Battle of Saipan in 1944 and later that year in the Marianas Campaign, which the National Parks Service said was the "most decisive battle of the ...

“I haven’t made it the big thing in my life.” Drake was also a part of the Battle of Saipan in the Mariana Islands, according to the news release announcing his death. That battle, on June ...

Beyond Pearl Harbor, Drake witnessed the Battle of Saipan, a turning point for the United States in World War II. He received several commendations, including the World War II Victory Medal and a ...

Drake also witnessed the Battle of Saipan in the Mariana Islands, a turning point for the US in the conflict. Drake was just 23 and serving as an Army engineer at the time of the Japanese attack ...

The release notes that he also witnessed the Battle of Saipan in the Marianas and received the World War II Victory Medal and a special congressional medal honoring Pearl Harbor veterans.