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.
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.
Activities of U.S. Marines in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. The marines fire machine guns at a ridge in the background. Other marines fire at a hill under the cover of a tank. Some of them fire guns across railroad tracks. They use a tank for cover. A large hill in the background. A man fires a machine gun. Another man throws a hand grenade into a cave. The marines advance across an open terrain towards a hill in the background. Smoke rises in the background. A marine carries a child in his arms.
Activities of U.S. Marines in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. 37 mm gun crew fires towards a hill in the background. A tank in the background. Smoke rises on the hill from the firing. 37 mm gun crew places the gun in position.
Activities of U.S. Marines in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. A marine fixes wounds on a Japanese prisoner. Other marines gathered around the Japanese prisoner. A tank in the background. Men advance along railroad tracks. An airplane in flight overhead. A man talks over a walkie-talkie. Men with rifles in the background. A man advances across a field. Fire and smoke rise from a hill in the background. Cliffs near Garapan. A machine gun crew keeps a lookout near the cliffs. A man talks over a walkie-talkie. A man armed with a carbine directs the troops along the railroad tracks. The marines advance along the railroad tracks. Dead Japanese at the side of the tracks.
Activities of U.S. Marines in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. The marines advance with machine guns on their shoulders. Flames and smoke rise from a hill. Men advance on the field. A small hill in the background. The marines help Japanese prisoners. They help wounded Japanese soldiers uphill. A Japanese soldier salutes. A marine talks over a walkie-talkie. Men and tanks along a road. The marines talk to captured Japanese soldiers. They examine a dead body along the road. The men rest along the road. A flamethrower going off in the background. An airplane over the hill.
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