Battlefield filled with mortar smoke during U.S. invasion of Saipan in Mariana Islands, during World War 2, in the Pacific. U.S. Marine patrol goes out on field to recover equipment. Soldiers move forward on the field. They carry a dead Marine on a stretcher. Two Marine M3A1 Satan flamethrower tanks parked.
U.S. Marines and their improvised shelters on the island of Saipan in Mariana Islands, during World War 2. A Marine examines an undetonated mortar round over which a trenching tool has been placed to warn them.
Men chain pass supplies from landing craft mechanized to the beach in Saipan, Pacific. Ships at sea. Men stack ammunition on beach. Shells on the beach.
Men carry wounded and dead on stretchers at the beach in Saipan, Pacific. They place them aboard landing vehicle tracked. Other soldiers stand nearby. A soldier smokes.
Soldiers carry dead and wounded soldiers on stretchers on beach in Saipan, Pacific. They place them aboard landing craft mechanized. Other soldiers stand. They give first aid and blood plasma to the wounded man.
Soldiers fire at a field in Saipan, Pacific. Smoke arises from artillery barrage. Soldiers bring guns at the field to continue the firing.