Individual #Saipan  US forces captured the island from the Japanese in July 1944; it was an important air base until the end of World War II
  part of:  World_War_II  Saipan.island
  type:  amphibious_assault  an amphibious operation attacking a land base that is carried out by troops that are landed by naval ships

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