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U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, participate in Saipan’s 77th Liberation Day parade held in Garapan, Saipan, July 4, 2023. Marines with the 2nd Marine Division, 4th Marine Division, and the Army’s 27th Infantry Division, participated in the Battle of Saipan lasting for 24 days from June 15 to July 9, 1944. Saipan’s Liberation Day commemorates the permanent closure of civilian internment camps on July 4, 1946. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Rubin J. Tan)