United States Army Air Force at the Isley Field base in Saipan in Mariana Island, South Pacific during World War II. Mechanics stand on scaffold to reach the engines of a B-29 bomber. Air raid siren sounds. Mechanics jump on ground and run towards shelter beneath a bunker covered with mud sacks. Soldiers at the anti-aircraft gun post, fire with a 50 caliber anti aircraft gun, following course of enemy plane. Gunners turn the gun following the aerial path of the enemy bomber. GIs lined in a chow line outside a mess hall.
United States Army Air Force at the Isley Field base in Saipan in Mariana Island, South Pacific during World War II. A B-29 bomber parked at hardstands near the runway. Painted name, 'Devil's Delight' on the nose of the plane. Wheel plate of this plane reads 'A Member of the B-29 Formation to First Bomb Tokyo'. Front side has written 'Shoot You're Faded' on the nose turret. Devil's head insignia painted on its nose. Crewmen stand on bench, working to clean the B-29.
The Pacific Campaign of World War II on the Island of Saipan, Mariana Islands. Captured Japanese planes are inspected by newly arrived U.S. pilots. Pilots as they go out and start looking at various types of Japanese aircraft which were left on the Aslito airfield of which the Japanese troops were unable to destroy before retreating into the hills. Destroyed Japanese Zeros on ground at the airfield. Remainder of the 318th Fighter Group personnel arrive in freighters. Various freighters moving into the harbor area. Men walking down the gateway into water and marching across the water to shore getting out of LST (Landing Ship, Tank).
U.S. Navy Admirals aboard a cruiser off the coast after the invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War 2. U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Admiral Raymond Spruance with U.S. Fleet. Admiral Ernest King aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) anchored. Ships of U.S. Task Force in the background. Navy Hospital Ship USS Relief (AH-1) lying off-shore.
U.S. officers tour the island after the capture of Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. U.S. Fleet Admiral Ernest King and other officers tour the island. U.S. Admiral Richmond Turner talks to U.S. soldiers. Officers and men at quarters. The officers and the soldiers attend flag raising ceremonies.
Battlefield filled with mortar smoke during U.S. invasion of Saipan in Mariana Islands, during World War 2, in the Pacific. U.S. Marine patrol goes out on field to recover equipment. Soldiers move forward on the field. They carry a dead Marine on a stretcher. Two Marine M3A1 Satan flamethrower M3 tanks parked.
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