(DENTAL
•
OFFI_SS
SAIP ,I,/JU .IE21
EY_?_)
.
TRUS
,,,,
..
"
/W',
_" B_ THE NE_:_L__TED
TT BOARD
OF LICEJSURE
AriD THEIR LICENSES
TO'PRACTICE
DE,qTISTRY
IN THE TT ViLL BE ISSUED
TO THEM
OF
SOON,
IT '_AS....-.,^q"ntl!lCED.,...,,...,.
THIS !,' E_.;,,
_'" BY DEPUTY DIRECTOR
HEALTH
SERVIC,..a
"q"e-*
DR • AROBATI
HICKI '_'"
r,,_
•
THE EXAMINATION,
WHICH
WAS AD:'IINISTERED IN YAP
P,
_
I_"
_
DISTRICT
LAST WEE}(, _.TA._
TAKE'I _P.YDRS. '.4A:,IU.L
_.
S._LAN,
MARIANAS
DISTRI C_,
_" ST A',IISLAUS
GUFSAG AHD IG.,"ATIUS
RUGUE
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•
OF .YAP; _ND YALB_..R'Z V
-,.,,_.,:_. FRO:_ TRUE DISTRICT
ANOTHER DE>ITAL OFFICER,
FROM THE NARSHALLS,
DR. MASAO
"" ""' SCHED! ILED TO ,'A!(E THE e,_;,_v
EX.A."II.',IATION IN
KOREAN,
HAS B,'E._
......
• TRUK DISTRICT
A..,D" THE RESULT OF HIS EXAN!NATION
wILL.,hE_
ANNOUNCED
SOOi.
MEMBERS
OF THE TT BOARD
OF LICENSURE
WHO CONDUCTED
THF EXAMINATICN
aR_:
.....
DR. JOSE
T. VILLAGOMET_,
CHAIRMA_q OF
THE BOARD AND HANARO S_BINO,
BO._RD 'W'_._.FR,..._..:._
.
TWO _I.S.
PHYSICIANS--ORS.
ROBERT
SHELL_JORTH,
DDS, PRESENTLY
ASSIGNED
TO PALAU DISTRICT,
AND GORDON
NOLON,
DDS, FROM THE U.S.
NAVAL HOSPITAL
ON GUAM ',;ERE INVITED
TO ASSIST THE TT BOARD
IN ADHINISTERING
THE EXAMINATION.
i
....
,t
FoR FASSINS
THE-DIFFICULT
E)(AMIHA'flO,'I,SAID:
"WE TRUST THAT
AS DENTAL
OFFICERS
AND ___.',:_"RERS
OF THE UrAL
,,_ T}{. SERVICES
TEAM,. YOgi !.,/ILL DO YOUR UT:.'.OST TO U_'}IOI.D. YOUR ,_,oq"r,"nTO!._,,,..r,_,o
....
WITH
DIGNITY,
AND H;LP
TO IMPROVE THV HEALTH CONDITIO.,S
I:',' b]iCRONESIA.
(_:_C
CONSULTAN'T TO VISIT)
SAIPAS],
Jt!>!E R1 (_HS).---_
SPECIAL
CO,'qSI.%TANT FRO;J THE SOUTH
PACIFIC
CO_'_'_!SSIO
''-,, DR
_""-,n
_,.....
. .
_:O:-',.:,E PITTHA:I
'a!LL
AffR,."7
ON, '[RL,,-K :4EXT
WEEK 0 DR 0 P TT'I",_,,:_:a..','ILL... HEAD _^ "O
_''e_°.',
,, ,,_..,...,, O'.'] nI-LT:,v:
U_.L,
"
t.l)_!r'._'!'I O''_
THE WORKSHOP ','_"
'"
_ ON J_NE
'_
._
- o ABOUT
,,,LL
B_.GI,.
O4'TH
AND WILL RU'.'a t'0,,
FOUR WEEt(S.
•DR° P!TTP, A_'_IS A',_AL.N'HORITY ON TEACHIX"3 ENGLIf'H AS A SECOND
LANGIlAGE__ ACCORDI_OG TO T:_n.,..
'V,ARoLLI. __,_,U?i'._!EC',H_E_,]GLISH PROGRA?i
SUPERVISOR
I!(' TIIE TRUST TERRITORY
DEP"°T'._=•qT
OF EDHCAT!O _
ANOTHER LA:IGUAG _'=EXPERT,
.....
v,S.
PATSY LA:,IE OF TH _" "'_u,IV_¢ITY-,..
OF HA'.,!AII..,
IS At. SO SCHEO'!LFD TO LEAD .." SIMILAR
_.,_OR_.SHOPNm,,T'-'vWEEK°
^
_"
":_'Lna'CH
SAID
TfIE SECOND WORKSHOP
WILL TAKE PI._C_ IN YAP, o,,.(NE_.qREP._!R PROGRA',_I)
SAIPAN_
Jl_:q_'._,_21 ,..,...,r'a_c_---THC_ TRUST. .e.,,RT"''°Y
M^v earth
START A NE'.,_
CONCEPT
IN NA!NrE?IAi_CE '4ORE IF A PILOT
PROGRAM
UNDERWAY
O',IEBEYE EROVmS
SUCCESSFUL°
ACCORDING
TO RAYMOND
L° MATHE'JS, DEPUTY
CHIEF OF THE
•
ki
OPERAFI0:_S
_ND MAINTENA!_CE
DIVISION. OF THE TT DEPARTMENT
OF
"
.,]T,.-NA.',iCE
PROGRAA"
PROJECT
IS
P'UBLIC I.,'OR_S,
_
CYCLICAL
_"_AI" v
_ "
CURRENTLY BEId.._-, TESTED ON _-v_.,_.
THE PROGR'_M
.... CALLS FOR A
GROUP OF TRAINED
TEC},,_ICtA:IS
TO ESTABLISH
A ,."!AIN'i:E:_ANCE
ROUTE AND TI4ETABLE
IN THEIR DISTRICT,
TIlE GROI!P_ SAIl.] NATHEk_S, _qILL FOLLO_,_ THEIR SCHEDULE
GOING FROM ONE BUII,DIN@ TO THE NEXT_ DOi_,_G REPAIR
'_,;OP:K
ACCORDINP_ TO THEIR TIME TABLE.
ESSENTIALLY,
THIS [,IEANS THAT
AFTER THE THT_n
....... OP FnI_RT}I ROUND THE BUILD ..,.,,,__S
_:'_ WILL REACH A S_T
LEVEL OF MAI,,T_:]A_CE.
FURTHER
VISITS,
NOTED IdATHE'OS, WILL
MAINTAIN
]'HAT HIGH LEVEL.
"_,'ETHINK THIS PROGRAM
HAS GREAT
POTE!qTIAL, " 'AATHEWS SAID
"WE HOPE TO ESTABLISH
.... ONE OR MORE CREWS PER DISTRICT
"
0 -'_)'_/_I
THE PILOT PROJ_CT
ON EZEYE
}{AS BE=N R,I;,_qI'NS
FOR THE PAST
MONTH•
OHE OF THE REASONS
EBEYE WAS CHOSEN
WAS THAT IT HAS A
HIGH POPULATION
DENSITY
A_}D IS SMALL E_iOUGH TO OFFER
A CONTROLED
STUDY.
MATHEWS
SAID THAT THE PUBLIC
WORKS DEPART._IFNT HOPES
IMPLEMENT
THIS PROCRA!I WITHIN
THE UPCOHING
FISCAL
YEAR.
TO
(THE INVASION
OF SAIPAN---THIRTY
YEARS LATER)
(AN MNS FEATURE
STORY BY FRANK ROSARIO
A'.,!D
FLOYD TAKEUCH!)
SAIPAN,
JUNE Pl (..',INS)---THIRTY YEARS
AGO THIS MONTH
THE END OF THE IMPERIAL
JAPAJESE
E_PIRE
WAS DETERMINED
ON THE BEACHES A:']D HILLS
OF SAIPAH.
THAT BLOODY BATTLE,
IN q:!HICH OVER
I4,_'D AM,ERICA:iS AND 3_,99ff JAPA:_'ESE WERE
KILLED,
WOUNDED;
OR REPORTED
MISSIf_G I!_ ACTION,
HAS THE
MOST IMPORTANT
TURNING
POINT
IN THE PACIFIC
WAR.
ONCE
THE STRATEGIC
ISLANDS
OF THE MARIANAS
WERE SECURED,
AMERICAN
B-_9 BOMBERS
wERE FINALLY
WITHIN
STRIKING
RANGE
OF THE JAPANESE
HO>JELA-:,ID. IT 'AAS FRO:,ISA!PA[I, _i'IDTINIAiJ
TO THE SOUTH,
THAT AHERICA
_JAS ABLE TO CRIPPLE
IMPERIAL
JAPAN'S
MILITARY
NIGHT.
FOR SOME OF THE RESIDENTS
OF SAIPAN,
MEMORIES
OF
THE INVASION
ARE AS CLEAR TODAY
AS THEY WERE THIRTY
YE%RS
,
!
12',3
"IT
wAS
SU_,IDAY, dUNE
11,
1944, _H_.'.,
THE FIRST
WAVE OF
A[_ERICA_) PLA:',]ESCA_,_E," RECOU:aTED
iGAAC!O
No SABLAN.
NO'#
• T}{E HARIA"_
:'.r .D
r
wM
\
° DISTRICT
BUDGET
OFFICER,
S_L.,L_.J'_,JAS
FiXI_'J@
HIS BICYCLE
IH C-ARAPh',.!
_,;.HE)I
THE BO_,IBID.Y._
STARTED.
"U.S.
PLANES BOMBED
CHARLIZ
DOCK _HD DESTROYED
SEVERAL
OIl.
TANKS.
i COULDN'T
ESTI_,]ATE TIlE NUIIBER OF" PLANES
THAT
WERE COt,;INS I{]. I LOO},'ED UP !H THE S!'Y A'.'!D
THOUGHT
IT
9/AS GOING
TO RAiN BECAUSE
THERE _.,,TAS
SO 91!'CHBLACK
SPIOKEo'"
JOSE So PA{]GELIHA_.; };AS A CAPTAin! I:,]THE SECOND
DIVISION
OF T}IE KEIBOO-OA)),
A Sh!PANESE
[._!LITIA GROUP.
"WHEN THE INVASION BEG.4{,,_I TOLD THE OTHERS .IN MY GROUP
TO TAKE THEIR FAMILIES
A[qD HIDE IN THE CAVES."
PANGELINA"_.
'_HO _'!AS4@ AT THE TIME OF THE INVASION,
SAID, "! WAS QUITE
FORTUHATE
THAT THE CO_,I[,]A':]D!NG
OFFICER,
@ENERAL
KUROTA,
HAD B=:.rl
v....:.:Y CLASb:..._.
_-',',IN J,_PA,_o
fIE HID
MY FAt.lILY !_ A CAVE AND GAVE US A PASS 1/0 SHOW JAPANESE
TROOPS."
"JAPANESE
A_,_TI-A!RCRAFT G'I)_S SURROUNDED
OUR CAVE_"
HE SAID "'._E JUST SAT AND _,IATC}{THE!,;FIRE AT THE _,;AVES
AND WAVES
OF A:_]ER!CA!_ PLAHES Fi.Yi_.:'9 ABOVE°"
SABLAN b'ITNESSED
_,!!1C}[ OF T}{E BONBI:'.!S _ TO0.
"ON
JUNE 19,"
HE RECqLLED_
"PLA:,,IES BEGAN BO:,;L3iNG .AGAIN°
BOMBS
EXPLODF_D BEFORE
THEY REqCHED
THE GROU>_D.
WE SAW
MANY JAPANKS_
_EROS
SHOT DO_:_N."
LIKE PA[,ISEL!NAN, SABI.A:_ AND HIS FA_!ZLY SOUGHT
SAFETY
IN A CAVE.
"WE STAY_.. IN ONE C,nVL_"
" BUT DECIDED
TO MOVE ON TEE EVE>!!,>!GOF THE 12TH.
'vieFOU:ID ANOTHER
CAVE AND STAYED
THERE
UNTIL JI..If.Y
9>iD.
FRO[,;THAT CAVE
WE COULD
SEE FROM AGI)!SAH POI:]T TO THE BEACH
AT OLEAI."
THERE _;!iiRE63 PEOPLE
IN PALUELINA:_'S
CAVEo
THE CAVE
WAS ONLY
15 FEET SDUARL.
"',_ESAW THOUS,_'-_DSOF JAPANESE
WOUNDED.
NY TWO SONS, bONALD
AND JOHN_ WERE VERY YOI]['_
AT THE TItlE. BUT THEY HELPED,._,!ETAKE ';;qTER TO THOSE
DYING
SOLDIERS.
WE WERE LUCKY
_]C_ONE SHOT US."
PANGELINAN,
[,lO_,._A CO-EDITOR
OF THE SAIPAN NEI,,'SPAPER
I GASETA,
RE',IE'.,!BERS
5;EL,
L THE DAY AMERICAN
SOLDIERS
REACHED
HIS CAVE.
"IT WAS J!]NE IGTH.
I TOLD THE OTHERS
IN THE
CAVE TO KEEP STILL A:,!DNOT SAY A WORD.
"MY DAUGHTER,
ELPH!DIA,
_#AS SIX AT THE T!t!Eo
I TOLD
HER WHAT TO SAY WHEN SHE SAW T;IZ A:!SRICA:qS COMING.
SHE
WENT OUTSIDE,
WAVED
A WHITE
CLOTH,
A!',_D
SHOUTED,
"WELCOME
AMERICANS! ....
"THEY TOLD U.q TO CO_.,IEOUT, ONE BY O_IE" HE SAID.
"WE
COULDN'i' TAKE A:_YTHI '_'_,v_
W r,_OWNED.
NE ARE TAKEN TO _ CAMP
IN OLEAI,
STAYED
THERE
FOR TUO DAYS,
AND THEN WE WFRE
O*
_"-,0_
TRANSFERRED TO A:_OT}IER OX_E IN CHALAN KIYA,'"
MANY SA!PANESE,
O_CE
I_'} THE SAFE CUSTODY
OF THE
ADVANCING
A_4ERICA'] TROOPS,
VOLUNTEERED
AS SCOUTS
A_JD
INTERPRETERS.
ANTONIO
BENAVE>_TE,
NO_,ISAIPA_'S
SHERIFF,
W_S 18 _dHEN
THE FIRST
A'ILRICA>I TROOPS
':lADED ASHORE.
"i VOLUNTEERED
AS A COUT AHD WAS ASSIGNED
TO THE 4TH Mft_INE DIVISIO:I,"
HE RECALLED.
BENAVEN_E
WOR_ED
_rlTH A!_'OTHER SAiPANESE,
:_.i:<ETENORIO.
ACCORDIN@
TO BENAVE_'ITE, TET_ORIO LAHDED
WITH THE MARINES.
"MIKE HAD BEE>_ A SAILOR
ON A JAPANESE
SHIP WITH FIVE OTHER
SAIPA[_ESE,
HE WAS 0_ KWAJALEIN
_!HE>I THE AMKL-RICA_ I.qVASION
STARTED
THERE.
OF THE FIVE,"
BE>J_VE:qTE SAID, "HE '#AS THE
ONLY SURVIVOR.
THE A:(ERICA_'ISCAPTURED
HIM AND TOOK HIM
TO HAWAII
FOR I_,JTERROGATIO>I.
THEY WA:_TED TO KNOW WHAT
THE JAPANESE
FORCES
O_I SAIPAN
WERE LIKE."
_':-........TENORII]
IS NOb' A PAINTER
FOR THE TRUST TERRITORY
PUBLIC
_,_OR;(S DEP_RT',,IEqT.
B:IT I:_ 19z_a,
HE A'_D BE;qAVE;_TE
ASSISTED
A',!ERICAH FORCES
IN THE !NVASIO?_ OF TINIAN
A_D
THE ROUTI{,IG OF ,JAPA[qESE S>,IIPERS 0:,_ SAIPANo
"MIKE
SAVED MA[JY SAiPANESE
LIVES,"
BENAVENTE
SAID.
"HE HELPED DIRECT
NUCH OF THE U,S. NA),;ALGUNFIRE°
HE TOLD
THEM TO SHOOT
,AT THE HILLS:
AND T_[E BEACHES,
A_D TOLD THEM
WHERE JAPANESE
8U'_. EMPLACE!!Ei,_TS 'dERE.
•"WE TRAINED
FOR SIX [.D:iTHS,'"dEMINISCED
BENAVE"JTE,
"AT THE CA_.!POF THE SIX)'}{:.I_RiNE DIVISION.
THAT WAS LOCATED
ON WHAT IS NO_.,_
CAPITOL
HILL,
_dHERE THE TT HEADQUARTERS
IS.'"
DURI[,,_ THAT PERIOD
OF Ti51E, TE,:]ORIO AND BENAVENTE
HELPED CAF'TIIRE ABOUT 5_ J_PANESE
S;IIPERS.
JOSE PA?_GELIN_N
ALSO SERVED
A? A,.".,_INTERPRETER
AND
SCOUT.
HE _dENT t,!ITH ,$51ERICA;ITROOPS
TO ASSURE
SAIP#;£_ESE
STILL HIDING
I_ CAVES TH:%T THEY HAD NOTHING
TO FEAR IF
THEY S!]RRL'._;D
ER ED °
HE NARROULY
_.iISSED DE!I';G KILLED
O['!CEo "I WAS WITH
TWO CAPTAI_'_S..,._ T_.'.'O SERGEA,:i]'S_
:Z_iDT,.,IO PRIVATES
WHEN WE
WERE A!fB'ISHED NEAR 51ATAfiSA°
ONE CAPTAIN GRABBED
HIS
WALKIE-TALKIE
AIJD WITHI{_ THREE
._;]!_UTESSERVKRAL
PLANES
BEGA{,J CIRCLI>O$
US A:ID DROPPIIqG BO_.'.,BS."
THE SAIPA;!ESE SCOUTS
HELPED
S&VE M._NY LIVES.
FAM.ILIES
THAT HAD TAKEN REFUGE
I[,iTHE HILLS C_>!E OUT DURING
THE
NIGHT HOURS U:,DER THE COVER OF DAR',<>_ESS. THE AMERICAN
SOLDIERS
DID _qOT KNOW [.;HETF,
ER THEY ',...'ERE
JAPANESE
OR
SAIPANESE,
AS BOTH WORE
SI:,']ILARCLOTHIiIG.
THE TOLL PAID BY BOTH SIDES _,:ASE;_ORMOUSo
SAIPAN'S
.HILLY TERRAISI "jADE IT DIFFICULT,
A_Jl)COSTLY,
FOR THE
ADVANCIb!G A?'J_{!CA:'#AR_Y.
ACCOI<D!.<_ TO O_4E ACCOU:_T, SAIPA_
SEEMED
TO __.',<
OHE HILL AFTER
A_JOTHER FOR THE 14ARINE AND ARMY
UNITS.
SOME OF THOSE
HILLS WERE
:qICKNA[_,ED AS RE{OI.IDEi.S
OF THE BLOODY
,BATTLES T}[AT TOOK FLACE ON THE[.1: DEAD MAN'S
6UCH, PO]SO:,I RIDGE,
IMPOSTER'S
HILL, DEAT}I VALLEY,
NAMELESS
CRAG, A_D BACK BRE_]( HILL,
ONE NARINE
REGIS._ENT _,;OR_<EDTHEIR WAY TO THE TOP OF
MOUNT TAPOCHAU.
SAIPAN'S
HIGHEST
PEAZ.
THEN THEY FOUND
THEMSELVI-S SURRO!J_,!DED BY ,JAPANESE A[qD '.4F_E ORDERED TO
WIT}{DRAt,_. THEIR
COr,INA[,ID!',!G
OFFICER
DECIDE[) TO REMAIN
WITH THEIR I.IOU'IDEDA_ID FIGHT
IT OUT°
BY MORNIb_,
_..._HEN
ANOTHER
AMERICAN
P_TROL
REACHED
THEN, ONLY FIVE OF THE
ORIGINAL
GROUP ;.,:AS
._LIVE.
BUT PERHAPS
THE BLOODiEfff FIGHTING
TOOK PLACE _,IHE_
MARINE
A'.,D AR!iY U,:IITES CORN:J_ED THE REMAINING
JAPA,.'_ESE
TROOPS
IN SAIPAb}'S MARPI
AREA, THE NORTHERNMOST
TIP OF
O ,_'_]_
THE ISLAND.
IT _,;ASHERE THAT THE BLOODIEST
BATTLE
OF THE SAIPAN
CAMPAIGN
TOOK PLACE.
ON THE EVENI:IG OF J'_LY 6 OVER
3,O_9
JAPANESE
SOLDIERS,
SOME ONLY ARMED WITH POI'_TED
STICKS,
CHARGED AMERICAN POS!TIO>IS
HEAR TANAPAG VILLAGE.
_
THE JAPA._ESE
TROOPS STORMEI) OVER THE BELEAGURED
AMERICAHS.
IT WAS BLOODY HAND TO HAND COMBAT.
MANY
OF THE AMERICANS
'JHO MANAGED
TO RETREAT
TO TANAPAG
WERE KILLED
FROM U.S. NAVAL GU_IFiRE DIRECTED
TO_,!ARD
THE AREA.
" ................
BY THE TIME REINFORCEMENTS
BROKE
THROUGH,
OVER
9_
AMERICANS
HAD BEEN KILLED
OR WOU:}DED AND AL_(OST
EVERY JAPANESE
SOLDIER
HAD DIED.
IT WAS ALSO IN _ARPI
THAT ONE OF THE MOST TRAGIC
:_!,_
OF THE JAPANESE
EPISODES
OF THE I?AR TOOK PLACE.
,_,,,,v
•
,
AND SAIPAN.'._
,.,-o_C IV IL! g['_
_ 'SERE COb!VI,,C__D
_' "
THAT THE " AMERICAN
DEVILS"
_"O_TLD KILL THE!'! IF THEY SURRENDERED.
PUSHED
TO
TIIE NORTHERN
END OF TIIE ISLAi'!D BY THE A!6ER!CAN ADVANCE,
THEY CHOSE
TO KILL TREMSELVES
RATHER
THAN TO DIE IN THE
HANDS OF THE EHE_dY.
_
SUICIDE
CLIFF
_{,}13
BAHZAI
CLIFF t!ERE THE SITES OF THIS
MASS CARNASE.
"I Sq!i HORE THAN 3,@99
JUMP,"
BENAVENTE
RECALLED.
"'?HOLE FAH!LY
GROUPS_
t_UTHERS AND F4T}{ERS, WERE
PUSHIMG
THEIR
CHILDRE_'I_ THEN I,EAPi:_G THE',iSELVES.
"THE U.S. TROOPS
GAVE ME A LO!]DSPEA]'ER TO BEG THEM
TO STOP.
I YELLED
IH jAPA'qESE TO THE]:
"DON'T DO IT.
COME DOWN'.
THE AMER!CANS
WILL NOT HURT YOUo'
"BUT THEY CONTINUED
FOR }{OURS,'" HE SAID.
"HUNDREDS
OF THE_,"
LEAPi[,]C_FRO[_ THAT CLIFF."
IN THE SEA AROU,ND BA['IZAI CLIFF,
HUNDREDS
OF BODIES
.
WAS}lED AG._INST EACH OTHER
AS STILL OTHERS
j,;_,]PEDTO THEIR
DEATHS.
TODAY_
SAIPA_I'S BEACHES
ARE QUIET SAVE FOR THE
LAUGHTER
ElF CHILDRE:',I PLAYIN9
I>} THE CALM VATER°
HOTELS
AND
_#IMMING
POOL_ MARK THE SITES OF SOME OF THE ![EAVIEST
BEACHFRONT
FIGHTING.
THE ONLY JAPANESE
GUNS THAT REMAIN
ON SAIPAN
ARE SILENT,
RUSTY
REMINDERS
OF A VIOLENT
PAST.
TOURIf;TS, BOTH JAPANESE
AND AMERICAN,
NO'.';
CROWD THE
RAILINGS
AT THE TOP OF SUICIDE
CLIFF
TO PEER DO'#N THE
AWESOME
DROP TO THE ROCKY @ROUND
BELO_.J. AND AT BANZAI
CLIFF,
A PEACE MEMORIAL
STANDS
IN SILENT
VIGILANCE
OVER
THE _;ATERY @RAVE
OF ME',],'_ONEN, AND CHILDREN,
MANY. OF
WHOM _!ERE INNOCENT
VICTIMS
OF EVENTS
THAT WF_E BEYOND
THEIR
CONTROL.