Exploring Saipan CNMI (US Territory) WWII & More - Adam Koralik
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- It's Adam Koralik here and today we're traveling to Saipan in the CNMI. A US territory near Guam in the South Pacific. The entire history of this place is basically, remember World War II? Interesting part of America.
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My grandad was a WW2 USMC veteran and fought in the Battle of Saipan. He was badly wounded there actually. But it makes me happy and I think it would make him happy to see that the island has become a beautiful part of the US out there in the Pacific. More mainland US residents should be aware and realize that these great sights are part of their country. Thanks for the video man!
Thank you for his service, I'm glad this helps you.
Many great warriors fought there.Only witnessed this aftermath of a horrible battle. Got to meet some that took part. Saw remnants from my fellow Americans that never made it home. Never took part of anty war, but got to witness things. Took the first 747 flight off Saipan with live mortars in my carry on! My Fire Chief Dad called the bomb squad years later,
Great video... but just a bit of correction on the history. The Germans did have a presence in Saipan. They laid out most of the main town of Garapan, built docks, built an administration and school and fostered industry. They also used Saipan as a prison colony for prisoners from some of its other Pacific island holdings. The Germans were fairly active throughout Micronesia and parts of Polynesia, with industries of copra and whaling. Following WWI, the League of Nations (UN Predecessor) granted the islands to Japan. Also, the CNMI does not control its immigration... Chinese (and others) are permitted to visit VISA-free due to an exception (called Parole in Place) granted by US Immigration. This does not allow foreigners to stay as long as they want. In fact, they are limited to 14 days. Just a last point of note... Pan Am used to be the major Pacific Islands carrier well before Northwest/Continental/United. Northwest and Continental both served the CNMI for many years. Thanks for featuring these beautiful islands!
Good to know!
I was almost in tears watching this. I lived in Saipan for a couple years and miss is dearly.
I'm sorry about the tears, but I hope you enjoyed the nostalgia trip.
I am familiar with every image shown in this video. I spent 8 years of my life in these places. I will never forget the memories of Saipan.
I absolutely love your videos about Guam and the Northern Marianas. You come across as extremely knowledgeable and I find myself always learning something new at the end of each video. Please do more Saipan content if you can!
Check out the video that came out after this. :)
Yep, McDs there since '93. Bus stops w/ McDs are only on the ones they sponsored, free ad for whichever company sponsors the upkeep of a particular one.
The quarter you saw is part of the National Park series. There's another one which first came out during the State series.
Btw, since the decline of the Japanese tourists in the early 2000s, the Koreans have always outnumbered the Chinese. It's also worth mentioning that the Japanese and Koreans have a sizeable and meaningful local community as opposed to the Chinese who tend to stick to themselves.
Thanks for an updated coverage of the CNMI 👍🏼
Thanks for the fact checking!
You are correct about United and Continental Airlines. However, Continental Airlines got the South Pacific operation from Air Micronesia way back in the day
wow it was quite something to see all those locations still standing from WWII! some spectacular views of the water, for sure. shout-out to the coca-cola bottling plant and that McD's bus stop, haha. I love watching these it's so cool to see what other countries look like.
CNMI is the US.
@@AdamEatsTheWorld oh right... how easy it is to forget, huh? I stand corrected.
Truth be told many Chamorros on Guam especially the war generation believe the Saipanese to be traitors for siding with their Japanese overlords as the island was controlled by them to enslave & eventually exterminate the Guamanian population, hence the political separation of the CNMI (Saipan/Rota/Tinian) & Guam. Guam can stand alone economically and has done so without Saipan but together they stand a better shot at statehood. Meanwhile the Americanization of both islands is relentless creating a generic American feel similar to having Walmarts in every state. The Marianas gives the the US a base for operations to evangelize their democratic ideals to Asia, Oceania-IndoPacific region. I’d posit that if America wants to broadcast itself as a true democracy it better make sure it puts on a good image to those it seeks to influence by keeping Guam & Saipan well funded otherwise the polished image will look tarnished to foreigners visiting its lovely shores. Nothing like busing in tourist from 1st world countries to backwater 3rd world US controlled islands right? 🤙 cockadoodadoo
My family is from Rota, but I have relatives all over CNMI. Nice video.
I know it's because of the pandemic but it must've been quite surreal to travel to these island paradises and be alone. Like you are the last tourist in some sci fi film or something.
Thanks for bringing us along again, fascinating as always
My pleasure, thanks for watching!
Saipan has had a "deserted" feeling since the 1990s when the Japanese economy crashed and Japanese tourists stopped coming to the island. They've never been able to fully recover after that. Also the US federal government took over immigration so they can't bring in as many foreign workers as they used to. Wealthy families in Saipan used to be able to bring in low-paid maids from third world countries for like $200 a month. Saipan is definitely past its heyday.
Hafa adai‼️ Thanks for visiting 👍
Thanks for having me!
After all that and you didn't go in the water?
Will you ever explore Tinian? I was deployed there in the 90's and would love to see it again.
I'd like to! On that trip I was really just there for a day though. I'd have to go and stay in the CNMI for longer for Tinian.
@@AdamEatsTheWorld I have a Japanese rifle my uncle who was a Navy Corpsman and he took it off a dead Japanese soldier during the battle for Saipan.
Doesn't surprise me, WWII stuff is EVERYWHERE there.
I flew to Manila on United from Guam.
Mandarin and Cantonese are talking about the speaking languages. Writing, there is only Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. Simplified Chinese is used in China, and Traditional Chinese is used in Taiwan.
Just realized I missed the last two videos cuz TH-cam didn't notify me, oops. The turtles will not be pleased
😂😂 I’m sure the turtles are forgiving 👍
I am a marina island called saipan i am from there and i would like to go back
Actually Continental didn’t merge with Northwest, Delta actually merged with them, but they didn’t want to stay in Guam
As a Navy brat, I lived there when I was very young. My parents are gone now. I remember we lived in a quonset hut near the beach. My mom would swim me and my sis out to a permanent floating raft in ? a lagoon ?? Once I got some kind of ? spaghetti type creature out of the ocean stuck to my feet. It was very traumatic for me. Also, my dad would bury huge sea shells in the hot sand to kill off the animals so we could have the shells. They might've been conch shells? Anyway, have you seen any remnants of Naval quonset hut communities near a beach? Odds are they are probably long gone. If so, could you give me a name so I could look at the area via google maps? I watch your videos to see if something looks familiar. I think a japanese bunker on a very high ridge next to the ocean ? was familiar; my dad took us there. It seemed like it was a very open area (no trees) expanse. It was probably urban myth at the time but I remember my mom telling me there were japanese soldiers still up in the hills, they didn't know the war had ended and they would come down and steal laundry off clotheslines.
I did another Saipan video this year, it might jar your memory a bit more.
Other than the casino, any recommendations on a good hotel on Saipan?
That's the only one I stayed in, but in the city area is probably where all the best ones are since that's where all the tourists normally go.
I am thinking of going to live there.
It’s very expensive, gas is like $6, a gallon of milk $15. Wage is like $8 Hr and rent is $700ish
SAIPAN🤙🍻🍻🍻
Hi Adam I just found your videos and I'm interested in going to Guam. Do you have to be vax? I cant really find alot of info about that.
Depends, if you're already in the US, no, though it makes life easier.
If you're not, then I think so. Though Guam had some pretty strict no-vaccination no-entry rules when I was there recently. Though I think they've since dropped that. But I'm not 100% sure.
Guam took COVID pretty seriously.
Thank you for the info im already in the US
You didn't even show the Calavera cave, or mount Tapochou 😒
I wasn't there.
My wish is to visit every US territory. I’ve visited the USVI so far and I’d love to go back. And I’d love to visit the others. A political dream is for each of our territories to join the union as states. Though I’m curious what the people of Guam and the CNMI think about that
In general Guam seems to be for it, I don't think CNMI could join as its own. If Guam and CNMI joined like Hawaii grouped together, it could work.
We see how well statehood worked for Hawaii when it was a US territory before they joined the Union in 1959. Hawaiian natives were marginalized and discarded. I doubt Chamorros want to share the same fate. Land is central
to the argument and control
over their own borders. Nobody wants to be overrun with Asians, Filipinos, haoles. When that happens the Chamorros and their culture will be decimated. The US strategy for Guam as it was for Hawaii is to divide and conquer. It worked w/ the Native Americans and the land the Federal govt wholesale stole from them.
@@stevenmoylan166 well once a place becomes a state of the union, they cannot secede. Hawaii made its choice, so did Alaska, and the other states before them. If a majority of the residents who vote want the territory to become a state in a binding referendum, it will most likely lead to the next star on the flag
Which is cheaper in prices Guam or Saipan?
Saipan seems to be.
Saipan is also more safe
Like your mask
That citizenship loop hole is as bad as our current southern border problem. What a mess.
A boring description of Saipan. He mentioned America several times without any reason. He did not talk about down town Saipan and Suicide cliff among other things. I visited Saipan several years back and I have seen 100% of Saipan.
I got news for you champ, not everyone is going to experience everything the same way.
Guam is the most vital & strategic of all US territories period. It is the United States’ most valuable piece of real estate! Also, Guam is the airline hub due to the mega military complex. It has a natural deep sea harbor and most importantly the only island in the Marianas archipelago with natural potable water aka aquifer that can sustain a population over 4mil people. By owner you mean colonized. America is a colonial imperialist power and therefore owns Guam & Saipan for the moment. Will it in 100 years remains to be seen. They may sell it to the Chinese to pay off their debts…
Mmkay. I definitely didn't mean colonizer, you meant that, hence you said it.
Lol they will never sell it to China.
That’s no good about you can enter without visa. This is not right aye.
Nobody cares about WW2 .. i would not go there for war attractions😮
You don't care, you don't. Others do.
They say….Amelia Earhart was in the prison…..” I dont believe that”….however about 200 facts point clearly in that direction,even a marine being in 1944 on Saipan found her plane and went back in the sixties…and was writing a book….with all the videos about Saipan,its or about war or the envirement….what really was going on there before war….no interesting video
Just to let you know that Guam and CNMI are located in the North Pacific not South Pacific.
You sold me!
Veteran looking for a very warm environment.
My Sister's and I wish to retire together in the tropics on/in a U.S. territory.
I'd considered American Samoa,my Sister was inclined towards Fiji.
I think this would be a good fit!
I can jump off from there and see Asia!
I have a cousin who works at the Veterans Administration who suggested Guam and Saipan.
Thanks for creating this video and giving us more input.
I read in the comments that....
Cannabis legal!
I can 2nd Amendment myself!?
Those two points tickled my fancy.
Happy to help!
Awesome video again Adam! Saipan looks like a "hidden gem" as Metal Jesus would call it. If you are interested, I would encourage you to look up the pied Piper of Saipan's story. Guy Gabaldon was an amazing person.
Regarding the suicides, I wouldn't be so sure that the Americans didn't do awful things to the Japanese there. Battle of Saipan: The battle was a major conflict between the United States and Japan, resulting in heavy casualties. The intense fighting and bombing caused widespread devastation on the island.
Violence and Sexual Assault: During the battle, there were reports of violence, including incidents of sexual assault against the local population. Survivors' testimonies and historical accounts suggest that such acts occurred, causing significant trauma and suffering.
Post-War Period: After the war, Saipan came under the control of the United States as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. As with other places that housed U.S. military bases, there have been reports of violence and sexual assault involving U.S. servicemen and local residents in the post-war period.
Nice Video and Comments. I have Been to Saipan 2 times in the last 7 years. Been to all the locations you show. Enjoyed your video as a reminder. I was with 3 Chinese, we flew out of Guangzhou each time. Customs would not stamp my passport. Said I was US Citizen. I was talked into renting a Hummer each time. Went golfing on 3 courses as I recall. The weather was great and the Ocean was a Deep Blue. Dinner in Garapan most nights. Stayed in Hotel on the Beach outside of town towards the Cliffs. So if you like the night life stay in Garapan and if not stay outside of town.
Big fan of your channel! Come to CNMI again and visit the other Islands Tinian and Rota. I'm on Saipan lmk when you come I can take you around. 🤙
I MIGHT go back in January.
I remember reading that Guam has a lot of Japanese tourists because it’s the closest way to go to an American Mall and the closes place to legally rent and shoot guns for sport.
Correct.
Sapain has alot of Chinese
So cool seeing the Bearded Nerd exploring all the World War II memorials and teaching us viewers about them. And eating all kinds of local food.
Hope we are all still around when he visits the WWIII memorials in a few months 😅
I'm so glad you came to visit my island I wasn't born here but I'm blood related to some people in saipan and guam tinian and rota I was born in arizona but lived most of my life in saipan there's still a lottt you need to explore there's hiking trails hope you can check them out I moss the guam airport to I stayed there once and I stayed there for 31 hours ss jt was crazy
I'd love to! But I only had a day really.
Thank You Adam for showcasing our Island on youtube!!!. you just got another subscriber!.
My pleasure!
I'm from here! I moved away when I was four so sadly don't remember a lot of it. It was very informative i appreciate you shedding a spotlight on Saipan!!
My pleasure, thanks for watching.
我是台灣人之前去過塞班島工作半年，搜尋了塞班島SAIPAN，看到你的影片 也大約看了十幾分鐘的過程，影片製作的很好，有頭有尾!最後塞班島很多中國人!大家都是在共識下生活，不管如何希望疫情快離開~COVID19..
Is was interesting that the McDonald's locations there have blue roofs. Ocean blue... I can see that.
Informative n very interesting!❤Haven’t been to Saipan yet, but U explained the history pretty good. That buffet seems really enticing.💕Ty for sharing
I spent 10 years in saipan/ Guam the Chinese have bought most of the land up sorry leased the land 50 years at a time.
The APS/MPS program anchor there the Chinese watch them day&night. There is a all of Chinese lady's of the night best bar is Jonny's VFW not sure if wildbills is open
You are often in the Japanese jail called HardOff.
this makes me miss home🥲
You lived on Saipan?
Top of Saipan = Mt. Tapochao but pretty solid Saipan/CNMI video.
Actually they had to McDonald’s when I live there in 2000 and 2001
I worked on Guam for three and a half months back in 2006-07. While there I visited both Saipan and Tinian. I saw, and did what they've shown everyone here but, since I was there in 2006-07 I've returned twice on my own and spent another five weeks on both Saipan and Tinian. In watching your video's I feel you're spending too much time on food, yes food and things you have little understanding and/or knowledge of. And, you miss so many things that are way, way more interesting. Things on Guam like Asan and Agat beaches where US forces landed in 1944. You miss better eating places like the Hard Rock Cafe. Then, shopping wise, how 'bout the Micronesia Mall and the Tumon Bay shopping area. The underwater tunnel where you can walk thru a neat underwater tunnel watching fish and sealife in a natural setting. How about the better hotels like the Marrott and the Hilton. Two Lovers Point. Jeff's Pirate Cove on the east side of Guam. Scuba diving and snorkling, etc. Then on Saipan there's the Hyatt Saipan and the other better hotels. War sites you missed and the zoo. On Tinian you never went to the Dynasty Gambling Casino/hotel and shopping mall and you completely missed the cliffs there where the Japanese were jumping off the cliffs too. Chulu Beach where US forces landed and a US Navy Seabee Memorial for all the Seabees that rebuilt the whole island for us. Too much time on all these videos on food. On Guam you spent over half your time in KMart describing canned and packaged food. It's interesting yeah, for awhile, but by talking food you missed more of what's MORE interesting. Next time get off the food and the small stuff and spend more time on the things that are way more important...
The name of the channel is literally Flying and EATING.
Plus, Hard Rock Cafe, a global chain, that's your go to for places I missed on Guam?
As for hotels, budget is a reality sir.
Plus, this isn't my only Guam or even Saipan video. I've got tons of them. The best part of not doing everything is...getting to go back. Check out the later Saipan video (made about a year later) and see if that satiates your WWII sites coverage.
Very interesting video. Thanks. 1954 few from Sfo-Hnl- Wake Island. Onwards to Japan Korea. Military charter PanAm. Pan Am had a ground Service Wake. Box lunch 😅
Going to Wake Island would be cool.
Maybe you should put together some locals and you to work with the government of Guam and the representatives to the US to help their territory be a safe protective haven as Guam is strategically located for the military. Everything begins with an idea. You seem to want to help the island for its betterment.
I appreciate the thought.
Not only domestic flights. There's flight to Seoul, Korea and to Japan, not sure about the name of city..
However it was before the pandemic. Probably something has changed
Sorry...what?
U said McDonald's recently opened but bro we had McDonald's for a long time also kfc taco bell for a long time well i was born early 90s so ya childhood memories . lol we used to have wendys,church's chicken bunch more. Alot closed down over the years.
Yeah I was off on that one. I was misinformed.
Adam, it's not true about chinese taking residency there permanently. Saipan is commonwealth and they are under U.S. immigration
I'm aware of US immigration policy. The territories out there get to write slightly different rules. Things such as ESTAs do not apply. Meaning, citizens of countries that normally need additional visas (China for example) can enter the territory without Uncle Sam signing off on it. While rare, many bad actors just stay. You don't have to take my word for it though, there's many stories out there about this.
I was hoping you would mention the cost of things, if items are pricey because it's on an island or were things inexpensive in relation to mainland USA
Better to ask a local about cost of living matters. Things like coffee or whatever are pretty average of a tourist location.
As someone who has lived in Saipan their whole life, i can in-fact tell you that McDonalds has been around on Saipan for about 20 years.
Wish I hadn't been told bad information, sorry about that.
Actually almost 30 years
Hope you enjoyed. 😊. Visit our Mountain next time. Please come again
I did! Check the video I did a year later.
did Japan take the northern islands from the Alaskan territory or were they Japanese and we took them as part of the victory?
You're asking if the CNMI was once part of Alaska?
Come visit ROTA! “The world’s friendliest Island “
It's on my list!
Nice Video Dude
If this viedo is about siapan why you talking about guam airport?
Because that's how I got to Saipan?
I fly direct from Portland, Seattle to Japan & Saipan when I fly home 2002 when I came back to Portland I take Saipan, Japan, Portland I make it so simple,really.I used to go to Saipan isly field where US has the biggest US Airforce base.in 1944 war in the Pacific this is home sweet home for me.
Global warming wreaks havok on Islands, for instance Micronesia has large portions of cities under water (all the Micronesians are fleeing to Hawaii cuz, like you said they do not need a passport) I do not suggest living there xD. For instance those underwater tanks... are probably much more underwater now xD.
thought you were MAD MAX with that mask...jeez.
Sub-Zero!
Enjoyed the tour. Thank you.
By the way, a video should never be blurry, a standard professional videographers abide by. You may wish to consider panning the camera a bit slower so everything remains in focus.
No Adam in our island of Saipan Chinese are required to have a "VISA" to come here and a 30 day visit restriction, so you should have get to know more about our islands instead of throwing my people under the bus. But thank you for visiting hope you drop by again HAFA ADAI🇲🇵🇲🇵 670
Well, glad to hear it. But quite a few videos I watched prior said otherwise, it's not like I'm just going around making stuff up.
You are one right, I wish I have that personal speaker
Sorry...what?
I was expecting more about living in Saipan than a history lesson. No information about housing, cost of living and other practicalities. Bummer. Dude go on history lesson!
Well, in case the video didn't make it obvious, I don't live there. Why would I know about housing and cost of living?
@@AdamEatsTheWorld Most digital travelers when talking about a country they visit include information that could be helpful to the viewers that want to visit and perhaps spend some time there. You spent 36 minutes talking about some WWII relics and Japanese influence on the island. Caption read: Exploring Saipan but all you did was visit some monuments. Where were the beaches, restaurants and places to stay? If your idea is exploring, why don't you take the Niagra river and go to the Congo and visit Egyptian pyramids? You are hands down the most boring and least informative traveler I have seen here. I kept waiting for you to say some thing significant. My bad!
I wonder if Americans can work or own property there ?
I mean, yes. It's part of the United States.
Hello from Saipan👋🏻🤙🏻
Hello!
Did you watch your own video. you moved way too fast. I know you probably didn't realize that, but my head hurts.
Yeah dude, I obviously watched it. I had to edit it and everything.
@@AdamEatsTheWorld Just a friendly reminder that you swing your camera way too fast. I was getting dizzy. It was like being spined on an office chair.
i’m from Saipan! love to see people exploring the island :)
same!
I’m curious, what are your views on the political status of the CNMI
thank you of reminding me of home..
No problem!
When I lived in Guam, that airport was not at all like that and my flight to Saipan was just as small.
Missing home just watching this 🇲🇵 Great video bro 🤙🏽
really strange, sad and frightening to watch this only
a few days after what has happened in the ukraine and putin now threatening to use atomic bombs...it's so fucking sad.
watching this video made me think of leo's last line in "don't look up", i don't know why. the movie is kinda meh, but at the end he says "we really did have it all, didn't we?"
all this pain and hurt...and for what...there are no words.
love these videos, hope you're doing ok and feeling better. all the best from germany.
Yeah... it's very sad.
I really enjoyed this. So intriguing how many placed are actually ‘Murica’!
Why are you wearing a mask?
Because it was required at the time of filming.
Pokémon go hype! Exactly what I would do there as well lol
we goin flyin
Intense indeed. Fascinating stuff.
The ships photographed at ~08:30 are not typical cargo ships but U.S. preposition ships owned by the U.S. military. They anchor in Saipan and also spend time on the "hook" at Apra Harbor (Guam). Better research, Adam.
Hahaha, research? Dude, I was just looking out at the water. Shit happens.
Heading over in a few months, any suggestions on car rentals?
As in, where to get it or where to pick it up? What exactly are you wanting to know?
@@AdamEatsTheWorld What company did you use? Where the cars in good shape? Is it close enough to walk to from the airport? Awesome video btw
I just Googled rental cars, I think Enterprise is what came up.
The airport pick up and drop off is next to the airport, I think I showed it in the video.
Car was fine.
Banzai cliff is where most of the civilians jumped to their deaths rather than face the Americans that they were told would do terrible things to them. Families lined up with the children first, wife second and husbands last to ensure that the family jumped.
Yep, sad.
stop scrolling left and right and left and right. just do it one time sloooowly. put some thought into it. use some editing my god. making me so dizzy. i have to skip so many scenes. hurts my brain.
Easier said than done when you're filming guerilla style.
Alot of stuff u said wasn't true facts but hey I appreciate your effort. I watched the whole video lol u kept it interesting. Good job
I mean, most of what I said was correct. But whatever.
Watching full pack
Brother can you tell us how to get to Guam and Saipan for a reasonable price? Would love to visit but flights seem spendy.
Miles, that's all I ever do.
I am really interested in your videos but you swing the camera around so much and abruptly that it gives me motion sickness.
Yeah, guerilla filming requires that from time to time.
At least try to help out the local people by giving the island at least some hope. Sounded very passive aggressive
You're kidding right?
I love your Sub-zero mask
It is a awesome place I grow up
Excellent mini movie thank you so much for sharing your cool video show.
There's a new Saipan video coming out tomorrow actually. Stay tuned.
视频很赞！👍
I’m sooo going
Watching this from Portsmouth NH/Kittery ME (I'm following you… 😅 a few videos behind)
Also, I think Guam and CNMI should join the US as one state called Mariana. Keep the east Asian connections, but give them more federal representation.
My guess is they'd just go by Guam, that's basically what happened to Hawaii.
@@AdamEatsTheWorld true, I've never thought of it that way. Only the "big Hawaiian island" is called Hawaii but that ended up being the name of the whole chain. Altho the whole chain here is called the Mariana Islands (rather than Guam-ian islands?) so maybe they'd go with that name?