After the Saipan Battle between the Japanese and United States, on July 9, 1944, the United States declared Saipan secure.
The merciless battle eventually ended, leaving both parties with heavy losses. Described as the most costly victory for the United States, they suffered over 2000 deaths and about 11,000 wounded. On the other hand, the Japanese suffered a death rate of around 29,000 inhabitants and were forced to be stationed at Saipan island.
During the battle, which lasted for almost a month, the American forces encountered the already strong-willed Japanese force who chose death over the capture of the Island.
To follow that up, the Japanese emperor Hirohito gave an order to the citizens instructing them to commit suicide in place of being war prisoners. The Japanese spread the impression that the Americans would rape and murder them if captured, and the task involved in becoming a United States Marine made it a requirement for you to murder your parents.
As the war ended, over 1,000 Japanese civilians committed suicide for fear of what the Americans would have done. Some jumped down the cliff to their death. The cliff went on to be renamed the Suicide Cliff.
Some journalists reporting the war situation captured what would be the rescue of an almost-dead child. This occurred when the troops were searching for caves for people hiding. The first living human found by the American soldiers was the almost-dead child.
While searching, the troops heard the baby cry while he lay on the ground in pain, trying to release his head stuck at the back of a rock. After they were able to rescue the child carefully, he was taken to the hospital, and soon, the search troop found 122 civilians who had taken refuge in a cave.
