Final stages of the Battle of Saipan in the Mariana Islands during World War II. U.S. carrier-based airplanes land at and are refueled at a captured airfield renamed as Conroy Airfield. Bombers and fighters take off to bomb Japanese positions on the northern tip of Saipan. Smoke billows up from a Japanese ammunition dump by U.S. bombings. U.S. Marine Commander Carlson confers with an officer. Marines and tanks advance. Mortars are fired at Japanese pillboxes and caves on a hill. Smoke billows up from the hillside. The marines continue advancing. Animated map connects Saipan with Tokyo and the Philippines. The marines after the capture of Saipan.
Bombardment of Tinian, Mariana Islands by the U.S. Navy during the Battle of Tinian in World War II. A 14 inch gun, aboard the battleship USS New Mexico, BB-40, is fired. Smoke from the firing in the foreground. The destroyer USS Braine, DD-630, transferring wounded to the USS New Mexico, after being hit by a shore battery, killing three and wounding fifteen. A litter with blankets and sheets is sent to the destroyer by a high line. Wounded are transferred on litters from the destroyer to the battleship.
Activities of U.S. Marines in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. The marines fire machine guns at a ridge in the background. Other marines fire at a hill under the cover of a tank. Some of them fire guns across railroad tracks. They use a tank for cover. A large hill in the background. A man fires a machine gun. Another man throws a hand grenade into a cave. The marines advance across an open terrain towards a hill in the background. Smoke rises in the background. A marine carries a child in his arms.
Activities of U.S. Marines in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. 37 mm gun crew fires towards a hill in the background. A tank in the background. Smoke rises on the hill from the firing. 37 mm gun crew places the gun in position.
Activities of U.S. Marines in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. A marine fixes wounds on a Japanese prisoner. Other marines gathered around the Japanese prisoner. A tank in the background. Men advance along railroad tracks. An airplane in flight overhead. A man talks over a walkie-talkie. Men with rifles in the background. A man advances across a field. Fire and smoke rise from a hill in the background. Cliffs near Garapan. A machine gun crew keeps a lookout near the cliffs. A man talks over a walkie-talkie. A man armed with a carbine directs the troops along the railroad tracks. The marines advance along the railroad tracks. Dead Japanese at the side of the tracks.
Activities of U.S. Marines in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. The marines advance with machine guns on their shoulders. Flames and smoke rise from a hill. Men advance on the field. A small hill in the background. The marines help Japanese prisoners. They help wounded Japanese soldiers uphill. A Japanese soldier salutes. A marine talks over a walkie-talkie. Men and tanks along a road. The marines talk to captured Japanese soldiers. They examine a dead body along the road. The men rest along the road. A flamethrower going off in the background. An airplane over the hill.