num_pages: 241
description: In July 1944, after 28 days of bloody battle, the island of Saipan was declared secured. All Japanese troops were assumed dead and all resistance ended. As in most Pacific battles, a number of enemy troops escaped to hide in the hills and jungle. Captain Sakae Oba, one of the Japanese soldiers on Saipan, a former high school geography teacher, organized a party of some 300 soldiers and civilians.
language: English
title: Oba, the Last Samurai: Saipan 1944-45
titlecomplete: Oba, the Last Samurai: Saipan 1944-45
genres: Japan, History
ratings_count: 31
publisher: Presidio Pr