WWII E139 Holding Ground: Marines vs. Goto’s Tanks
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WWII E139 Holding Ground: Marines vs. Goto’s Tanks
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With Saipan’s beaches secured but far from safe, Marines now faced the brutal inland fight. The Japanese launched desperate tank assaults near Red Beach with the goal of driving Americans back into the sea. Marine bazooka teams and grenadiers met the threat head-on.
By dawn, the cost was clear: hundreds of enemy dead, rising Marine casualties, and the realization that Saipan would be a grinding, bloody fight. Reinforcements landed, artillery emplacements expanded, and command began shifting ashore. With the beachhead now stable, the Marines prepared for the next brutal push inland toward ridgelines, sugar mills, and enemy strongholds.
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