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As the fall of Saipan drew closer, hundreds of Japanese military men and civilians leapt to their deaths from Suicide Cliff and Banzai Cliff.  Whole families plunged at one time, deaf to the pleas of US military interpreters to surrender.  This Buddhist shrine in Marpi commemorates these victims.
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Kannon

By Roberto Santos | Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands | 2 Dec 2021

The Buddhist figure in this photo is known in Japan as "Kannon", a Bodhisattva of peace who, according to legend, put off her transition into eternal enlightenment in order to remain on Earth and help those who suffer. The Japanese engraving reads "Saipan Peace Kannon". The cliff rising behind the statue is Suicide Cliff, from which so many have flung themselves since the end of WWII, as recently as the previous year.

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