Excerpt - Front Matter: "... the service for which they were destined, such as the Army's eagle, USMC eagle-globe-and- anchor, or state devices. It was a military requirement ..."
Excerpt - page 11: "... Saipan secured, at cost of 3,674 US Army and 10,437 USMC casualties; ofJapanese garrison only 2,400 are taken alive. Japanese authorities ..."