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Sirs: We have just received a copy of TIME [Sept. 18] and after reading your story about our 27th division on Saipan we feel that this article is outrageous and unfair to the men who gave their lives for their country...
...boys who gave their lives on Saipan did not give them while sleeping or, as you say, freezing in their foxholes. We know that our division is one of the best fighting units in this area and wish to have it proven otherwise. We feel that someone should set the public right on this slur to our fighting ability...
...Saipan, a correspondent of the Honolulu Advertiser, visiting the scene of the great victory which cost 16,000 American casualties, found servicemen swearing bitterly at the very idea of a V-day celebration in the U.S. Asked one hard-bitten marine: "Haven't they heard about the Japs...
...veteran of Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian was on his way home last week, on leave. His name: Siwash. His species: duck (the mascot of a Marine Corps artillery outfit). His combat record...
...Saipan, he did not hit the beach until several days after the fight began, but his managers blame this on a working party aboard ship...