WWII Marine Killed on Saipan Finally Returned Home to Louisiana
More than 80 years after the Battle of Saipan, DNA analysis helped identify and account for Marine Sergeant Frank L.
塞班岛战役 80 多年后，DNA 分析帮助识别并解释了海军陆战队中士 Frank L.
Schmaltz.
施马尔茨。
He was finally brought home to Louisiana and laid to rest with full military honors.
他最终被带回路易斯安那州，并以完全军事荣誉安息。
Top Photo: Sergeant Frank Ludwig Schmaltz.
上图：弗兰克·路德维希·施马尔茨中士。
Courtesy of Garden of Memories Funeral Home & Cemetery
由记忆花园殡仪馆及公墓提供
A Louisiana Marine who was killed more than 80 years ago in the Battle of Saipan during World War II was laid to rest Monday, October 13, 2025, in Metairie, Louisiana.
2025 年 10 月 13 日星期一，一名 80 多年前在第二次世界大战期间的塞班岛战役中阵亡的路易斯安那州海军陆战队员在路易斯安那州梅泰里安息。
On June 15, 1944, roughly 70,000 American soldiers and Marines landed on the Japanese-occupied island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands.
1944 年 6 月 15 日，大约 70,000 名美国士兵和海军陆战队员登陆日本占领的马里亚纳群岛塞班岛。
Sergeant Frank L.
弗兰克·L中士
Schmaltz of Company A, 1st Battalion, 29th Marines, was part of the initial assault waves as American forces landed at Tanapag Harbor.
美军在塔纳帕格港登陆时，第 29 海军陆战队第 1 营 A 连的施马尔茨参与了最初的攻击波。
Allied commanders planned to use Saipan as a base for long-range B-29 Superfortress bombers to strike the Japanese mainland.
盟军指挥官计划使用塞班岛作为远程 B-29 Superfortress 轰炸机袭击日本本土的基地。
As their assault landing vehicles reached the coast, the leading waves of American troops were met with intense Japanese mortar and artillery fire.
当突击登陆车到达海岸时，美国军队的先头部队遭到了日军猛烈的迫击炮和火炮攻击。
The coral reef in the water exploded from the impacts of the incoming artillery rounds, and the water rose over their LVTs (Landing Vehicle, Tracked).
水中的珊瑚礁因来袭炮弹的冲击而爆炸，海水淹没了他们的 LVT（履带式登陆车）。
Saipan Invasion, June 1944.
塞班岛入侵，1944 年 6 月。
View of wrecked LVTs and other debris on one of the Invasion beaches the day after "D-Day", June 16, 1944.
1944 年 6 月 16 日，“诺曼底登陆”后的第二天，入侵海滩上被毁坏的 LVT 和其他碎片。
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国家档案馆
When Schmaltz and his men landed on the beach, they were overwhelmed with small arms and machine gun fire.
当施马尔茨和他的人登陆海滩时，他们被轻武器和机关枪的火力淹没。
The Marines took heavy casualties as they fought their way inland.
海军陆战队在向内陆作战时伤亡惨重。
Schmaltz overcame the chaos of the initial landing, but the fight for Saipan had just begun.
施马尔茨克服了登陆初期的混乱，但塞班岛的战斗才刚刚开始。
From the landing beaches, Schmaltz and his men observed accurate Japanese artillery being fired from Mount Tapotchau, the highest point on the island.
施马尔茨和他的部下在登陆海滩上观察到日本炮兵从岛上最高点塔波乔山发射的精确炮弹。
Schmaltz and his fellow Marines of the 1st Battalion fought for three days to reach the base of the mountain.
施马尔茨和他的海军陆战队第一营战友们奋战了三天才到达山脚。
On June 25, 1944, Schmaltz and the 1st Battalion were ordered to seize Mount Tapotchau and destroy the Japanese forces occupying the high ground.
1944年6月25日，施马尔茨和第1营奉命夺取塔波乔山，消灭占领高地的日军。
The Marines encountered Japanese sniper and mortar fire as they maneuvered up the mountain.
海军陆战队在上山时遭遇了日军狙击手和迫击炮火力。
The movement was slow and costly for the Americans.
对于美国人来说，这一运动进展缓慢且代价高昂。
Around 10 a.m., Schmaltz and his men encountered fierce resistance as they approached the main Japanese defensive line on Mount Tapotchau.
上午 10 点左右，施马尔茨和他的部下在接近塔波乔山上日军的主要防线时遇到了猛烈的抵抗。
Schmaltz was severely wounded by shrapnel from a Japanese shell, and he was carried down the mountain to the beach for medical treatment, which he received aboard the USS Rocky Mount off the coast of Saipan.
施马尔茨被日本炮弹弹片严重炸伤，他被抬下山到海滩接受治疗，并在塞班岛海岸附近的落基山号航空母舰上接受治疗。
He died from his wounds a day later on June 26, 1944, while aboard the ship.
一天后，即 1944 年 6 月 26 日，他在船上因伤去世。
Schmaltz’s remains were reported returned to Saipan for burial.
据报道，施马尔茨的遗体已运回塞班岛埋葬。
The island was declared secure on July 9, 1944, with 16,612 Americans killed, wounded, or missing in action.
1944 年 7 月 9 日，该岛被宣布安全，共有 16,612 名美国人在行动中阵亡、受伤或失踪。
The entire Japanese garrison of approximately 30,000 was virtually wiped out.
大约三万名日本驻军几乎全军覆没。
In 1947, the American Graves Registration Headquarters conducted search missions on Saipan, but Schmaltz’s remains could not be identified.
1947年，美国坟墓登记总部在塞班岛进行搜寻任务，但施马尔茨的遗体无法辨认。
In 1949, the Graves Registration Board unanimously decided that Schmaltz be declared nonrecoverable.
1949 年，格雷夫斯登记委员会一致决定宣布施马尔茨不可恢复。
He was memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii.
他被安置在夏威夷太平洋国家纪念公墓的失踪人员法庭上。
Grave of an unknown Marine casualty on Saipan, in July 1944.
1944 年 7 月，塞班岛，一名身份不明的海军陆战队员的坟墓。
A comrade has placed a clump of weeds on the grave memorial.
一位同志在墓碑上放了一丛杂草。
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The search for Schmaltz continued in the 21st century through the efforts of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA).
在 21 世纪，通过国防战俘/战俘会计局 (DPAA) 的努力，对施马尔茨的搜寻仍在继续。
The DPAA classified Schmaltz’s case in the category of “active pursuit,” which meant the case had sufficient information to justify research, investigation, or recovery operations in the field.
DPAA 将施马尔茨的案件归类为“积极追捕”类别，这意味着该案件有足够的信息来证明现场研究、调查或恢复行动的合理性。
The efforts of the DPAA ultimately succeeded, and Schmaltz was buried with military honors at Garden of Memories Cemetery in Metairie.
DPAA 的努力最终取得了成功，施马尔茨以军事荣誉被安葬在梅泰里的记忆花园公墓。
Kevin Dupuy is a National Edward R.
凯文·杜普伊 (Kevin Dupuy) 是爱德华·R·国民 (National Edward R.
Murrow Award-winning producer and Director of Digital Content at The National WWII Museum.
默罗奖获奖制作人兼国家二战博物馆数字内容总监。
Stephen Bateman is an Institute Associate at the Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy at the National WWII Museum.
斯蒂芬·贝特曼是国家二战博物馆珍妮·克雷格战争与民主研究所的研究员。
The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League served as inspiration for young women across the country and opened the door further for women’s professional sports.
全美女子职业棒球联盟为全国年轻女性提供了灵感，并进一步为女子职业运动打开了大门。
Joseph R.
约瑟夫·R。
Beyrle's experience captures the initiative demanded of airborne soldiers, the brutality endured by prisoners of war, and the unlikely battlefield cooperation between American and Soviet soldiers during the final months of the war.
拜尔的经历体现了空降兵所需要的主动性、战俘所遭受的残酷以及战争最后几个月美国和苏联士兵之间不太可能的战场合作。
In the letter, Major Richard “Dick” Winters responded to Stephen Ambrose's request for his thoughts on the strain of command, the problems he faced during the war, and the living conditions his soldiers endured.
在信中，理查德·“迪克”·温特斯少校回应了斯蒂芬·安布罗斯关于他对指挥压力、他在战争期间面临的问题以及他的士兵所忍受的生活条件的看法的请求。
What emerged was also a concise explanation of Winters’s leadership philosophy.
随之而来的是对温特斯领导哲学的简洁解释。
At The National WWII Museum, remembering the anniversary of September 11 means remembering all those who perished that day and recognizing the many different stories they carried with them.
在国家二战博物馆，纪念 9 月 11 日的周年纪念意味着纪念那天所有遇难的人，并认识到他们所承载的许多不同的故事。
During World War II, ship names often referenced earlier eras of American history.
第二次世界大战期间，舰艇名称经常引用美国历史的早期时期。
Today, the US Navy continues its efforts to memorialize the country’s origins by upholding naming traditions that hark back more than 160 years.
如今，美国海军继续努力维护 160 多年前的命名传统，以纪念国家的起源。
Initially, hell ships moved Allied POWs to areas where their labor was needed, such as the Japanese main islands and other recently conquered regions, but later, they also moved prisoners to prevent them from being liberated by advancing Allied forces.
最初，地狱船将盟军战俘转移到需要他们劳动力的地区，例如日本主岛和其他最近征服的地区，但后来，它们也转移囚犯，以防止他们被前进的盟军解放。
A product of post Great War naval treaties and launched amid rising global tensions, the USS New Orleans forged a bond with its namesake city in the years before World War II
新奥尔良号航空母舰是一战后海军条约的产物，在全球紧张局势不断升级的情况下下水，在第二次世界大战前的几年里与同名城市建立了联系
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