182 items in this album on 10 pages.

African-American US Marines Staff Sergeant Timerlate Kirven and Corporal Samuel J. Love, Sr. having just been awarded Purple Heart medals, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1944Cliffs, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944Destroyed factory, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944Destroyed Japanese flying boat, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944
African-American US Marines Staff Sergeant Timerlate Kirven and Corporal Samuel J. Love, Sr. having just been awarded Purple Heart medals, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1944Cliffs, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944Destroyed factory, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944Destroyed Japanese flying boat, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944
Fallen Japanese soldier, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944Holland M. Smith, Harry Schmidt, and Graves B. Erskine, Saipan, Mariana Islands, circa Jul 1944Holland Smith on a Jeep on Saipan, Mariana Islands, circa Jul 1944LVT-2 Water Buffalo bringing US Marines to the beaches of Tinian Island, Mariana Islands, Jul 1944
Fallen Japanese soldier, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944Holland M. Smith, Harry Schmidt, and Graves B. Erskine, Saipan, Mariana Islands, circa Jul 1944Holland Smith on a Jeep on Saipan, Mariana Islands, circa Jul 1944LVT-2 Water Buffalo bringing US Marines to the beaches of Tinian Island, Mariana Islands, Jul 1944
Makeshift grave of an US Marine, marked by his poncho and bayoneted rifle, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944Star shells in the sky and fires burning on the ground illuminated the city of Garapan at night, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jul 1944US Army troops disembarking onto Saipan, Mariana Islands, circa Jun-Jul 1944
Makeshift grave of an US Marine, marked by his poncho and bayoneted rifle, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944Star shells in the sky and fires burning on the ground illuminated the city of Garapan at night, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jul 1944US Army troops disembarking onto Saipan, Mariana Islands, circa Jun-Jul 1944
US Marines attacked Garapan with a captured Japanese Type 92 Battalion Gun, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jul 1944US Marines carrying the remains of a comrade, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944US Marines fighting on Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jul 1944US Marines fighting on Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944
US Marines attacked Garapan with a captured Japanese Type 92 Battalion Gun, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jul 1944US Marines carrying the remains of a comrade, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944US Marines fighting on Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jul 1944US Marines fighting on Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944
US Marines fighting on Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944US Marines fighting on Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944. Note M1A1 flamethrower.US Marines inspecting destroyed Japanese H8K flying boat, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944US Marines making use of a locally commandeered ox and ox cart to transport supplies, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944
US Marines fighting on Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944US Marines fighting on Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944. Note M1A1 flamethrower.US Marines inspecting destroyed Japanese H8K flying boat, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944US Marines making use of a locally commandeered ox and ox cart to transport supplies, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944

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