POW's at Camp Susupe Saipan.
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Saipan is a rather small island with a long history. From being one of the earliest settled archipelagos in the Micronesian area 3500 years ago to today, Saipan has been controlled by four super powers: Spanish, German, Japanese, and American. Click a time period on the menu to the left and add your comments regarding Saipan History.
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This Japanese POW camp wasmoved to Garapan baseball park.
That's very interesting and I was not aware of that location. I know another camp was opened to the south in Chalan Canoa for locals and a POW camp was created further north. I am familiar with the pre-war Japanese sports field in Garapan. Please tell me more.
Japanese POW where at Garapan baseball park in Jan 1945. I was a Navy Guard there, also guard for perimeter of Navy base until after war.
To the north of the Garapan sports field was the Japanese hospital which was used as a post office by the American military. To the south was the Japanese jail. I have done research on that jail but little information and no pictures exist. Do you have any info on that? I am very interested.
I have for years been wondering, what ever happened to a colored man who killed a navy officer. Then he raped a navy nurse and then shoot her. I guarded him in navy hospital. He was wounded by navy officer before he killed the nurse. Never knew what happened to him after they sent him to GUAM.
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