Last updated: June 7, 2024
Place
Bitter Combat on Yellow Beach
During the Battle of Saipan, U.S. Marines of the 4th Marine Division landed here on Yellow Beach.
The main invasion force landed along four miles of beach at Chalan Kanoa on yellow, blue, and green beaches while a diversionary force was directed at Garapan. By sundown of D-Day, about 40,000 Marines were ashore, holding onto a 1,000-yard-deep beachhead that was 10,000 yards long. To take this tiny sliver of Saipan on the first day of battle cost the blood of nearly 2,000 Americans.
The main invasion force landed along four miles of beach at Chalan Kanoa on yellow, blue, and green beaches while a diversionary force was directed at Garapan. By sundown of D-Day, about 40,000 Marines were ashore, holding onto a 1,000-yard-deep beachhead that was 10,000 yards long. To take this tiny sliver of Saipan on the first day of battle cost the blood of nearly 2,000 Americans.