the tower at saipan relays this information to the controller back at guam.irst and last takeoff times of each wing are recorded here and go to make up the first of a series of tabulation mission reports. copies of these reports are dispatched to headquarters, washington. and posted on the control room report board. during that first hour the b-29s have settled down for the big grind, saving precious gas, cruising 1,000 feet off the water. ability, experience, confidence ride in each plane. a plan of action for 11 men trained and tested to function as one. the navigator sets the course, logging island checkpoints as they climb past, pagan, assumption, after about four hours of flight the bombers pass close to iwo jima, the hot rock, a black gritty pork chop halfway to hanjiu, bought and paid for by our marines. we made some changes cutting away that volcanic crust and rolling iwo surface into one enormous flat top. three big airstrips now launch our p-51s for bomber escort over japan. the general and his staff seventh fighter command run the show and direct a

there are increasing bets on the island of saipan. we went to find the story.an island of is a speck in the pacific with sandy beaches, world war ii relics, and the most successful casino and all of the asia-pacific, if not the world, all from temporary tables at the end of a duty-free stripmall. across the street, they are building a more permanent $550 million casino resort. >> by far, it will be the most luxurious hotel in saipan. from most mainland cities, saipan is a new choice for chinese highrollers wary of aging's corruption crackdown. >> as the vip story gets weaker pop upau, it will somewhere else, and that somewhere else in this case is saipan. >> eye-popping to say the least. revenue from the makeshift casino with 16 the ip tables already generates a per table daily revenue of $170,000, eight the macau casinos. vip bets totaled $13.5 billion in the first half of the year. industry veterans consider how that is even possible. they see a cautionary tale in also onsty casino american soil that close last year after u.s. authorities find it for violatio

miles back from bases at saipan, tinian and guam. planned the ultimate crushing defeat of japan, down to the last bomb. here was the beginning of the end of the road to tokyo. after six months of reoccupation there were few signs of war along the quiet summer shores of guam. the liberated were back in their clean native villages. american citizens again. smiling and friendly. unaware that a miracle had happened around them. a miracle that moved mountains of material, equipment and supplies across the pacific that changed their dirt roads into broad highways, that manicured their jungles into acres of black-topped airfields. and nearby new communities of american citizens had set up housekeeping with various types of self-service. the latest labor saving devices, few laundry problems.

high rollers are betting on the pacific island of saipan where the staggering numbers have attacked - attracted the attention of u.s. officials. the american island of saipan is a remote spec in the pacific with sandy beaches, world war ii relics and the most successful casino in all the asia-pacific, if not the world. from temporary tables tucked at the end of a duty-free strip mall. across the street, hong kong listed imperial pacific is holding a more permanent casino resort. five hours from most mainland cities, it's a new choice for chinese highrollers perhaps wary of beijing's corruption crackdown. let's where the story gets weaker in macau, it should pop up. that somewhere else in this case is saipan. >> revenue from the makeshift casino with just 17 the ip tables already generates daily $70,000,f about 100 eight times that of the grandest macau casinos. total $13.5s billion in the first half of the year. in this tree veterans question how that's possible. tale on a cautionary the next-door island of tinian that closed after u.s. authorities find it for violations of anti-money