United States Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress displaying Plain T tail code of 498th Bomb Group, taxis behind a follow-me jeep, after landing on Saipan. Ground crewman assists parking. Crew of the B-29 seen on the parking ramp as they offload their baggage and climb aboard a truck. Other aircraft displaying Plain A tail codes of the 497th Bomb Group are seen parked on field. (World War II period).
USS Bluegill SS-242 off the coast of Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. 40mm gun crew in action aboard USS Bluegill. Another U.S. submarine rises. A U.S. Navy PBM Mariner flying boat in flight. U.S. sailors retrieve a glass fishing buoy. Gun crew aboard USS Bluegill. Men load and fire a 5 inch gun. Men load a gun.
U.S. soldiers in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. U.S. soldiers going ashore in a raft. A U.S. soldier uses a telephone on a beach. A man climbs up a pole to rig a pulley. American flag is raised. A soldier stands near a building. Soldiers sit outside a building.
U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) aircraft at Isley Field, Saipan, Mariana Islands, during World War 2. U.S. Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft parked on aprons at airfield in Guam. Tail Code "A" of the 497th Bomb Group (73rd Bomb Wing) can be seen on one of the B-29s. A formation of USAAF P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft, in flight. U.S. airmen pull through propeller on number 4 engine of a B-29 to assure against hydraulic lock before starting the engine. B-29 parked next to this one displays "Square M" tail code of the 19th Bomb Group (314th Bomb Wing) stationed on Guam.
War Correspondents on Saipan, Marianas Islands during World War II. Interior of war correspondent's quarters. Correspondents typing documents and playing cards. Some correspondents rest on their cots.
Review of air raids in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. United States Army Air Forces Major General Curtis LeMay and General Thomas S. Power discuss the bombing mission on Kobe, Japan with other officers. Colonels Blanchard, Roberts, Warren and Muehleisen read maps and orders.