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Kuentai-Japan racing against time

Trying to beat the clock, a Japanese nonprofit organization is scouring a New York military museum's World War II records for information they hope will lead to...

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August 1, 2014 5:54 pm

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Trying to beat the clock, a Japanese nonprofit organization is scouring a New York military museum’s World War II records for information they hope will lead to the graves of American servicemen still listed as missing in action on Saipan. The reason for the hurry is that a developer plans to begin construction in the fall on a condominium complex near the beach where scores of Americans were killed on July 7, 1944, during Japan’s largest mass suicide attack of the war.