Word: saipan
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DIED. Guy Gabaldon, 80, who as an 18-year-old Marine in World War II earned the Navy Cross for persuading more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers and civilians to surrender during the Battle of Saipan, a feat depicted in the 1960 movie Hell to Eternity; in Old Town, Fla. Relying on adrenaline and a few Japanese phrases, Gabaldon convinced his enemies that the alternative to surrendering with dignity was a more violent capture by awaiting U.S. forces. "I must have seen too many John Wayne movies," he later wrote. "Because what I was doing was suicidal...
...largest apparel maker listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange, Luen Thai has factories in four countries but is shifting capacity to mainland China ahead of the lifting of the trade restrictions. Last year, the company's plant on the tiny Pacific island of Saipan?a U.S. territory exempt from quotas?accounted for nearly half of all its production, compared with about 25% from China. But Chinese output is expected to double this year, and for the next few years Luen Thai plans to increase head count at its Dongguan facility from 5,000 to 14,000. In May, Luen...
...Such refinements can only help China lock up more of the global textile trade. However, companies are wary of putting all their eggs in one basket. Luen Thai plans to keep its Saipan plant open and is continuing to operate small factories in Cambodia and the Philippines. "So long as [buyers] hedge their risks, then we hedge our risks, too," says CEO Tan. But, ultimately, China is the place to be. "It's the most efficient place to manufacture," says Tan. "And every day the world is moving increasingly toward free trade...
...nation during World War II. Special Student Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto—one of the central planners behind the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor—and Dr. Shokichi Otajima, a 1934 graduate of the School of Public Health, were killed in the Japanese army in New Georgia and Saipan, respectively. Their names, unlike Sannwald’s, remain tucked in yellowing folders in the University Archives...
...result, is the sole, death-haunted survivor of a unit he led into an ambush. He resolves not to become too close to a man he may have to kill. But the Navajo is a charmer, and the movie heads toward an utterly predictable ending, during the battle for Saipan, that is both culturally reconciling and personally tragic...