A U.S. Navy Task Force underway in the Pacific Ocean off the shore of Saipan, Mariana Islands during the Battle of Saipan of World War II. A U.S. Navy observation floatplane OS2U Kingfisher is catapulted. A BB (battleship) fires. An LST (Landing Ship Tank), LCIs (Landing Craft Infantry) and LCs (Landing Crafts) underway. Mounted guns on the battleship. An airplane bombs the island. Transport area, LSTs, LCI, and LCs.
U.S. Task Force 58 attacks Japanese held island Saipan in the Mariana Islands during World War II. Task Force 58 ships head towards Saipan. A map of Saipan. Carriers, battleships and destroyers of Task Force 58 underway. U.S. Navy Admiral Raymond Spruance aboard a ship. U.S. Naval guns bombard Saipan. Smoke rises from shell explosions on the island. U.S. Marines embark on landing crafts off Saipan. The Marines and U.S. tanks advance on the island. U.S. heavy artillery guns bombard Saipan. The Marines continue to battle Japanese troops as they advance. Japanese installations in ruins. A U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat fighter aircraft lands on the island. The American flag is raised. U.S. medics treat wounded soldiers. Japanese women and children are removed to safety by U.S. troops.
Japanese air raid on Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. Tracers, flares, and bomb bursts during Japanese night raid. Several attacking planes crash. Blazing hangars and demolished U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bombers and B-29 Superfortress bombers on the ground. Bulldozers remove the wrecked aircraft from an airstrip. Men try to put off fire. Smashed trucks, jeeps and aircraft being inspected by U.S. soldiers.
The United States 2nd Marine Division in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. Marines of the 2nd Division advance behind a tank. The marines look towards an enemy position and fire rifles. Explosions occur near the enemy position. The marines use flame throwers at the enemy position and a column of smoke rises. Wooden supply crates piled up on a field. The marines advance across a field. Smoke rises from the enemy position. 75 mm gun crew fire at the enemy position.
The United States 2nd Marine Division in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. Smoke rises from the side of a hill. Smoke rises from an enemy position. Tanks roll in the foreground. A marine advances through debris. He picks up a rifle lying in the debris. Smoke and explosions occur at the enemy position.
The United States 2nd Marine Division removes wounded from a battlefield in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. Reconnaissance patrol move into a suicide valley through a dense jungle to count the number of dead marines. The marines talk as they give information to an officer. The marines rest in a dense jungle as they drink from canteen cups. Two marines carry a casualty on a stretcher as a tank moves alongside for cover. The tank backs out of position. The marines remove the casualty as a tank moves alongside and a machine gun is fired.