In Saipan in 1938

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	Saipan, Northern Marianas Islands Firsts, Games, Clubs, Fields, Predecessor Games Northern Marianas Islands Firsts, Games, Clubs, Fields, Predecessor Games
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Date of Game	1938
Location	Saipan, Northern Marianas Islands
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Description	Mead, "Baseball Goes to War..." p. 139 relates the reminiscences of major league star Enos Slaughter. During World War II Slaughter was stationed on Saipan, after takeover by US troops, and recalled that army bulldozers soon constructed a "nice ball park" where the soldiers played. The same book also mentions ballplaying on Guam and Iwo Jima, after their liberation from the Japanese. The Japanese introduced baseball to Saipan in the 1930s (for certain, 1938), during their occupation of the island. Fold3 has a photo of servicemen playing a game on Saipan, dated Aug. 5, 1945.
Sources	Mead, "Baseball Goes to War..." p. 139
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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