U.S. Marines in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. A Japanese land mine. Marines advance up an area. Trucks and jeeps move up. Trucks with rocket launchers driven down a road. Marines advance across an open field.
U.S. Marines in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. A Japanese land mine. A Marine seated on a tree. Another Marine speaks over a field phone. A Marine at a map. A communication center in a trench. A Marine comes out from a trench and talks to an officer. Two Marine officers look at a map and discuss at a command post. Marines in a jeep. A tank rolls. Marines advance and rest under trees.
U.S. Marines in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. A group of Japanese civilians taken prisoners. Men , women and children move across a field. Blood plasma being administered to a wounded Marine. Japanese prisoners including women and children put onto a truck. An LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) on a road.
U.S. Marines in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. A Japanese tank on fire. Japanese prisoners carry supply boxes. A Japanese prisoner lying on the ground. Dead bodies under cover laid out for burial. Marines advance. A 105mm Howitzer in an emplacement. Howitzers fired and shells burst. U.S. Navy aircraft in flight as they make a strafing run. A jeep moves down a road as Marines advance.
U.S. Navy Admirals aboard a cruiser off the coast after the invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War 2. U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Admiral Raymond Spruance with U.S. Fleet. Admiral Ernest King aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) anchored. Ships of U.S. Task Force in the background. Navy Hospital Ship USS Relief (AH-1) lying off-shore.
U.S. officers tour the island after the capture of Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. U.S. Fleet Admiral Ernest King and other officers tour the island. U.S. Admiral Richmond Turner talks to U.S. soldiers. Officers and men at quarters. The officers and the soldiers attend flag raising ceremonies.