Mount Tapochau is the highest point on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. It is located in the center of the island, north of San Vicente...
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is a limestone formation. To the north of Mount Tapochau towards Banzai Cliff, is a ridge of hills. Mount Achugao, situated about 2 miles north, has...
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gradually pushed back with heavy losses. The Japanese commander used Mount Tapochau at the center of the island as headquarters and organized defensive...
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with 1st Battalion, 29th Marine Regiment (1/29). Seizing the summit of Mount Tapochau later repulsed a Japanese counterattack on that highest point of Saipan...
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troops and 13 artillery pieces of the 43rd division then dug in around Mount Tapochau, with the rest spread over the southern part of Saipan island. Overall...
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Latte Stones Quarry (a very old stone quarry of the Chamorro people) Mount Tapochau (highest point with views of Saipan), this site is known for its views...
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mission and once again ambushed, this time near a deadly minefield on Mount Tapochau, during which many Marines are killed. Enders, Yahzee, Chick, and Cpl...
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with 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment (1/9). Seizing the summit of Mount Tapochau, the highest point on the island, they later repulsed a Japanese counterattack...
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proved not to be able to detect them. The CPS-1 was moved to the top of Mount Tapochau by New Year's 1945. On 3 January, this set detected another raid at...
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wounded in action on June 18, 1944, while taking part in the assault on Mount Tapochau during the Battle of Saipan, in the course of which most of his company...
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survivors retreat into the jungle and begin a guerrilla-style war using Mount Tapochau as a base due to its natural defensive position and prominent heights...
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shore of Magicienne Bay, to the south of the island's highest point, Mount Tapochau. It is connected via the cross-island road to Susupe in the west and...
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Transport Association (IATA) airport code is SPN (the IATA assigned GSN to Mount Gunson Airport in Australia). Saipan International Airport was a sugarcane...
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Mount Tapochau in the Northern Mariana Islands...
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Under the Pacific War, he went to the front as a soldier and died in Mount Tapochau by the Battle of Saipan in 1944. CiNii(dissertation) This institute...
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wounded while serving in Company I of this unit during the struggle for Mount Tapochau. Relieved of command and expelled from the island by Lt. Gen. Holland...
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Balearic Islands Spain * Saipan Mount Tapochau 474 m 1555 ft Northern Mariana Islands (United States) * Culion Island Mount Oltaloro 468 m 1535 ft Philippines...
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Guguan Mañagaha Maug Islands (Ma'ok) Pagan Rota (Luta) Saipan Sarigan Tinian Zealandia Bank Other Mount Tapochau Marianas Trench Marine National Monument...
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188331; 145.741161 (approx.) Built at Bell Atlanta as B-29B. Crashed near Mount Tapochau on Saipan 27 August 1945. All 10 crew members were killed on impact...
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island's central post office, as well as the historic Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral and Mount Carmel School, directed by the Spanish Mercedarian Missionaries...
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Archipelago Marianas Highest elevation 1,560 ft (475 m) Highest point Mount Tapochau Administration United States Armed Forces from 1944 to 1962 Northern...
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Southwestern Saipan from Mount Tapochau. Tinian is faintly visible across the Saipan Channel....
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Company was tasked for a D-1 night beach landing to seize the 1,554-foot Mount Tapochau center of the island. Fortunately, the mission was canceled. BRAVO Company...
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Guguan Mañagaha Maug Islands (Ma'ok) Pagan Rota (Luta) Saipan Sarigan Tinian Zealandia Bank Other Mount Tapochau Marianas Trench Marine National Monument...
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advanced towards the highest point of Saipan, Mount Tapochau. Wallace's marines conquered the summit of Mt. Tapochau, an ideal observation post overlooking central...
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near San Vicente — — Hwy. 38 2.6 4.2 Hwy. 33 in Garapan Hwy. 310 near Mount Tapochau — — Hwy. 301 1.1 1.8 Hwy. 33/Hwy. 37 near Afetna Hwy. 37 near Afetna...
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June Koreans on the battlefield during the Second World War (Saipan) Mount Tapochau Kim Hye-yoon 44 27 June 45 5 July Koreans on the battlefield during...
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Guguan Mañagaha Maug Islands (Ma'ok) Pagan Rota (Luta) Saipan Sarigan Tinian Zealandia Bank Other Mount Tapochau Marianas Trench Marine National Monument...
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visitors". Saipan Tribune. July 1, 2016. "MVA repairs railings, columns at Mt. Tapochau". Saipan Tribune. September 13, 2016. "Free self-guided, GPS-assisted tour...
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