Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Banzai Cliff, near San Roque (Saipan), MP, in the Bandero, Magpi area, is significant from events of July 1944. A 7.5-acre (3.0 ha) area at the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976; the listing included one contributing site and two contributing objects.It was, along with Suicide Cliff, also NRHP-listed, the site of numerous suicides by Japanese civilians and Japanese soldiers, towards the end of the Battle of Saipan, in which the United States was capturing the island. Hundreds committed suicide, by jumping to their deaths, rather than be captured by the Americans. Some who jumped did not die and were rescued by American ships, below.. }
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- Banzai_Cliff abstract "Banzai Cliff, near San Roque (Saipan), MP, in the Bandero, Magpi area, is significant from events of July 1944. A 7.5-acre (3.0 ha) area at the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976; the listing included one contributing site and two contributing objects.It was, along with Suicide Cliff, also NRHP-listed, the site of numerous suicides by Japanese civilians and Japanese soldiers, towards the end of the Battle of Saipan, in which the United States was capturing the island. Hundreds committed suicide, by jumping to their deaths, rather than be captured by the Americans. Some who jumped did not die and were rescued by American ships, below.".