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Saipan Quotes

“Matansa. It means massacre in the Chamorro language, and is a nickname for the village of San Roque in the northern part of the island of Saipan that endured the most brutal slaughtering as a punishment for Chamorro resistance by Imperial Japan in WWII, which was part of an ongoing ethnic cleansing campaign that almost completely wiped out the Chamorro population from the face of the earth. San Roque is my family’s village.”

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Book:The Desert Warrior

Source: The Desert Warrior

“Some read to remember the home they had left behind, others to forget the hell that surrounded them. Books uplifted their weary souls and energized their minds…books had the power to sooth an aching heart, renew hope for the future, and provide a respite when there was no other escape.”

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Author:Molly Guptill Manning

“Whenever a soldier needed an escape, the antidote to anxiety, relief from boredom, a bit of laughter, inspiration, or hope, he cracked open a book and drank in the words that would transport him elsewhere.”

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Author:Molly Guptill Manning

“When they get in trouble, they send for the sons-of-bitches”

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Book:The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945

Source: The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945