Crossword-Solution: SAIPAN
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SAIPAN | anagram | APIANS, ASAPIN, PAISAN |
We have 23 clues for the answer “SAIPAN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Island near Guam. | 1 answer |
| Where Garapan is. | 1 answer |
| U. S. victory N of Guam. | 1 answer |
| Pacific battle site of June-July 1944 | 1 answer |
| Pacific air base, 1,465 mi. from Tokyo. | 1 answer |
| One of the Northern Marianas | 1 answer |
| Northern Marianas capital | 1 answer |
| New 14,500-ton U. S. carrier. | 1 answer |
| Marianas invasion isle. | 1 answer |
| Marianas base. | 1 answer |
| Marianas air base. | 1 answer |
| Island of the Marianas. | 1 answer |
| Guam's neighbor. | 1 answer |
| Garapan is its capital. | 1 answer |
| Chief island of the Marianas. | 1 answer |
| Capital of the Northern Mariana Islands | 1 answer |
| 1944 Pacific island battle site | 1 answer |
| LADRONES Islands, island of the | 2 answers |
| B-29 base. | 2 answers |
| WWII site | 3 answers |
| Marianas island. | 4 answers |
| One of the Marianas | 4 answers |
| MARIANA Islands, island of the | 9 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEEAR
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SAIPAN (5)
With the fullest cooperation from CINCPAC of the Navy and the United States Strategic Air Forces, he initiated promptly a campaign which included the preparation and distribution of leaflets, broadcasting via short wave every 15 minutes over radio Saipan and the printing at Saipan and distribution over the Empire of a Japanese language newspaper which included the description and photographs of the Hiroshima strike.
Chapter VII AMERICANS! We kept getting reports on our little radio that MacArthur was winning battles in many places, some of which we'd never heard of: March, 1944 - Palau; April - Hollandia; June - Saipan.
Roy had been familiar with radar for many years, having set up one of the first stations in Florida during World War II, and later he took the first aircraft control and warning squadron to Saipan.
Those trained for the humdrum labor tasks, however, found themselves in the thick of the fighting on Saipan, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, and elsewhere, suffering combat casualties and winning combat citations for their units.
The policy called for the enlistment of 2,264 Negroes, 264 as stewards, the rest to serve in separate units, chiefly in ground security forces of the Fleet Marine Force in Guam and Saipan and in Marine Corps activities of the naval shore establishment.
Quotes with SAIPAN (2)
In World War II, some Japanese soldiers preferred to take their own lives rather become prisoners of war. In Saipan hundreds of civilians jumped to their deaths over cliffs in order to avoid falling into American hands. Even in life-or-death situations cultural ties and duties often outweigh the instinct for survival. This is why people die in the attempt to rescue a dog from drowning, or decide to become suicide bombers.
I was on Saipan when I got hit. Not too bad, but bad enough to hamper me if I stayed. I was hit in my left buttocks just below the belt line.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, Newsday, NYT, USA TODAY, WP.
Used 26 times in crossword archives (1944–2018).