Saipan, Tinian to celebrate 70th Anniversary of Pacific's D-Day in June 2014
Saipan, Tinian to hold 70th Anniversary of the Pacific's D-Day in June 2014
(70TH
ANNIVERSARY BATTLES OF SAIPAN/TINIAN COMMEMORATION COMMITTEE) — Eight months from
now, the Northern Marianas will be commemorating the 70th
anniversary of D-Day in the Pacific.
The Commemoration Committee for the 70th
Anniversary of the Battles of Saipan and Tinian will be holding a weeklong
celebration of peace on June 10-16 on both islands of Saipan and Tinian with
the theme “Reunion of Honor.”
Coinciding with this slate of weeklong
activities, the Northern Marianas Humanities Council will be having a history
conference where academicians and historians will give presentations on the
theme, “Cultures in War: Combatants, Islanders and Settlers in the Pacific War
(WWII) and After.”
The celebration will culminate on June 15,
2014 — the 70th year of the invasion of Saipan.
An ecumenical service will kick off the
celebration, to be followed by a parade that will include visiting American and
Japanese veterans and their families.
At the American Memorial Park’s Court of
Honor, the committee will be holding a recognition ceremony honoring the
veterans and their families.
Moreover, there will be a “fire side chat”
with the veterans that will allow the younger generation to get to hear their
personal accounts of the war and their stories of survival and hope.
Local families will also be afforded the
opportunity to get to know them more through the Adopt-A-Vet program.
For those interested to take part in this
historic occasion, the Military History Tours and Valor Tours have prepared
their calendar chock full of activities including guided island tours to
cultural and historic sites like the invasion beaches, coastal bunkers and
caves, Japanese airfield landmarks surrounded by B-29 taxiways and accompanying
parking "hardstands" and more. Visit their sites at www.miltours.com
or at www.valortours.com.
Sponsors, volunteers and vendors are highly
encouraged to take part in this historic occasion.
Visit the Marianas and be part of this
historic celebration of peace and honor.
For more information, contact 70th
Anniversary Battles of Saipan/Tinian Commemoration Committee Chairman Vicente
“Ben” Camacho at 287-5351 or email at Vicente.camacho@gov.mp
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