More then One D-Day 80-Years Ago

During all the hoopla soon about the 80-year anniversary of Normandy, 

and all our ancestors and relatives who fought there, 

let's not forget that 9-days later in the Pacific theater another huge invasion force of 

Navy, Army, and Marine Americans invaded Saipan in the Marianas. 

That victory enabled B-29 bombers to destroy Japan and make an invasion there redundant.