On 22 June 1944, ground forces (one Army division and two Marine Divisions) turned north on Saipan to attack Japanese defenses. Left behind was a single Army infantry battalion to clean out what intelligence estimated were 200 enemy from the Nafutan Peninsula on the island's southeast tip. Intelligence said there were only 200 enemy soldiers. It turned out there were about 2,000 Japanese. The Japanese were well armed, terrain was very rugged and the jungle very thick. You are a flight leader in the 318th Fighter Group at Aslito Field tasked with providing close air support to the attacking Army battalion.
