On June 15, 1944 US Marines stormed ashore beginning the Battle for Saipan. World War II tanks, landing craft, barges, ships, and material litters the waters. Today the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on the Island of Saipan has brought in   underwater archaeologists Jason Burns and Michael Krivor to inventory their submerged cultural resources.  As part of their public outreach program Jason and Michael will post updates on how the project is proceeding.  

You can read their first entry on the MUA here:
http://www.uri.edu/artsci/his/mua/project_journals/saipan/saipan_intro.shtml

Best regards,
  
T Kurt Knoerl
Director
The Museum of Underwater Archaeology
http://www.uri.edu/mua

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