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| Funeral of Lieutenant General Yoshitsugu Saito, near Tanapag, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 13 Jul 1944 | PBM-5 Mariner aircraft of US Navy Patrol Bombing Squadron VPB-26 aboard seaplane tender USS Norton Sound, Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Apr 1945 | PBM-5 Mariner aircraft of US Navy patrol bombing squadron VPB-27 at Tanapag, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Apr 1945. Page 2 of 2. | US Navy Lt Robert S Selby shoots the sun with a sextant inside one of the 40mm gun tubs aboard seaplane tender USS Castle Rock, Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, Apr 1945. Note 40mm ammunition racks and PBM Mariners beyond. |
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