Activities of United States Marines in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. A man crouches near a wrecked enemy vehicle in the foreground. Tanks fire at enemy positions. A half track vehicle moves up through dense undergrowth. A man with a Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) moves up through a small clearing. A dense jungle in the foreground and the background. A man sitting on the turret of a tank. The man armed with the BAR advances across a field. He moves past burning buildings. The men advance across a small clearing, cautiously ducking into fox holes. Three men in a slit trench. A man sitting in a fox hole. A man in prone position fires a rifle from thickly under grown area. A tank advances towards a wrecked enemy building. Buildings and the town burning. Large columns of smoke rise. An airplane dives towards the enemy town.
Activities of United States Marines in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. A bomb disposal crew loads dud bombs onto a truck. They pull the dud bombs out of the ground and load them onto the truck. The pulling of a dud bomb out of the ground with a chain. Men crouched down along the side of a road. They are resting on the road. A tank in the background. A muddy road leads to wrecked native buildings. A large column of smoke rises in the air. Wrecked buildings in the foreground.
Activities of United States Marines in Saipan, Mariana Islands Mariana Islands during World War II. A man walks past a burning enemy machine gun nest as flames and smoke leap high into the air. Men advance and crouch in fox holes. Hills in the background. A tank advances towards a hill. Smoke rises from the foot of the hill. The men advance across an open field. Ships underway at an ocean in the background. Smoke rises from an explosion along the side of the tank. Shells falling in the open field. A crew fires a howitzer. Men and tanks advance across an open field up the side of a hill. Black smoke clouds in the background.
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 2. Closeup of triple gun turrets turned to port on a U.S. warship in the task force. Shells striking at shoreline of the island in distance. View of warship in the distance firing its naval guns to port. A Flush deck destroyer escort firing to port, from close to the island. Sailors in position with a twin Bofors 40mm gun. At TC:00:37 mark is the USS Indianapolis CA 35 heavy cruiser.Landing craft approaching the shore, where smoke is rising. A huge explosion in the water near the shore. Shell bursts in the water short of the island. Landing craft underway.
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. The task force crew fires artillery. Smoke rising in the background. Battleships and destroyers underway. Men put out fire on a 5" turret using a hose. A landing craft underway. Men carry empty ammunition crates.
A U.S. Navy Task Force in the Pacific Ocean off the shore of Saipan, Mariana Islands during the Battle of Saipan of World War 2. Heavy Cruiser, USS Indianapolis, CA-35,seen in camouflage paint. Smoke rising ashore, from naval guns firing. Shell splashes in water from Japanese shore battery. The U.S. cruiser and Japanese shore battery exchange fire. Much smoke rising on shore from naval gun strikes. A Tennessee class battleship in camouflage is illuminated by sunlight against dark background. Sunlight frames clouds.
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