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.
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.
Views from a Tennesee Class Battleship during bombardment of Saipan in the Mariana Islands during World War 2. The island being bombed by U.S. aircraft. A Broooklyn Class Light Cruiser passes. A Fletcher Class destroyer seen. It passes astern the Battleship. The stern aircraft hoist of the Battleship is visible. View of Battleship's triple 14"/45 caliber guns being turned. Explosions on the island.
Views from a Tennessee class Battleship during the U.S. Navy bombardment of Saipan in World War 2. An OS2U Kingfisher observation floatplane lands in the slick astern the battleship and taxis to a recovery mat. A sailor flagman signals for the catapulting of a Kingfisher, which is seen as it launches from the battleship. One of the ship's 14-inch gun barrels is seen above the catapult rail.
Bombardment of Saipan in the Mariana Islands during World War II. Transports in a transport area. USS Minneapolis (CA-36), a New Orleans class heavy cruiser, under a bomb attack. Ships fire. Flak bursts in the air. A Fletcher class destroyer passes. Smoke columns rise from the ship and the island under bombardment.
Bombardment of Saipan in the Mariana Islands during World War 2. Tennessee class battleship fires its triple batteries of 14-inch guns. Cruisers pass in formation. Firing from ships. Soldiers near guns on a ship. Smoke columns rise from the island under bombardment.
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