Japanese Told This Wounded American to Surrender or Die — He Asked for 8 Bullets

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At 4:45 in the morning on July 7th, 1944, Private Thomas Baker lay in his foxhole on the Tanipag plane of Saipan, watching a wave of shadows pour out of the jungle 300 yards ahead. 28 years old, 3 weeks of combat on this island, and now staring at the largest suicide charge of the entire Pacific War. Between 3,000 and 5,000 Japanese soldiers were r... Read More