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Banzai Cliff

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overlooks the coastal plain, and was another site of numerous suicides. At Banzai Cliff, some who jumped did not die and were captured by American ships.
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World War II on the National Register of Historic Places in the Northern Mariana Islands
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Historic district contributing properties in the Northern Mariana Islands
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Landing Beaches; Aslito/Isely Field; & Marpi Point, Saipan Island
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A 7.5-acre (3.0 ha) area at the site was listed on the U.S.
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in 1944, hundreds of Japanese civilians and soldiers (of the
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historic district, which was recognized in 1985 as a U.S.
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Landing Beaches; Aslito/Isely Field; & Marpi Point
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in 1976. The site is also a contributing site in the
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Chudang Palii Japanese World War II Defensive Complex
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
Contributing Property

San Roque
Saipan
Northern Mariana Islands
15°17′11″N 145°48′56″E / 15.28639°N 145.81556°E / 15.28639; 145.81556
Landing Beaches; Aslito/Isley Field; & Marpi Point, Saipan Island
ID85001789
76002192
Saipan
Northern Mariana Islands
Pacific Ocean
Battle of Saipan
Imperial Japanese Army
Suicide Cliff
National Register of Historic Places
Landing Beaches; Aslito/Isley Field; & Marpi Point, Saipan Island
National Historic Landmark District
National Register of Historic Places listings in the Northern Mariana Islands


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


"National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Banzai Cliff"
accompanying two photos from 1976

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