books.google.com - In June 1944 the attention of the nation was riveted on events unfolding in France. But in the Pacific, the Battle of Saipan was of extreme strategic importance. This is a gripping account of one of the most dramatic engagements of World War II. The conquest of Saipan and the neighboring island of Tinian...http://books.google.com/books/about/D_Day_in_the_Pacific.html?id=22nSlqbwMskC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareD-Day in the Pacific