An U.S. Marine handles a captured Japanese gun sighting or artillery sighting device device during invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands. Marine with captured Japanese light machine gun on the ground.
Locomotive pulls flat cars, loaded with boxes during invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands. Trees in the background. Two men jump from the engine on the side of railroad tracks.
June 14, 1944. Naval guns of U.S. battleships and other warships bombard the island of Saipan, in the Marianas, in World War 2. U.S. aircraft fly low over the shore attacking Japanese military positions. A U.S. tank and marines moving on the beachhead. October 19, 1944, landing craft, manned by U.S Coast Guardsmen, from the Coast Guard operated Attack Transport USS Calloway (APA-35) are seen among others maneuvering in the water as they begin the assault on Luzon, the Philippines. U.S. troops wading ashore on Luzon.
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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