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A US Navy chaplain holds mass for Marines killed during the Saipan landings, Jun 1944	Americans landing on Red Beach #2, Saipan, Mariana Islands, at 1300 on 15 Jun 1944

CG-4A and Horsa gliders littering Normandy fields amongst the hedgerows, France, Jun 1944	Cruisers USS New Orleans and St. Louis bombard Saipan in the Mariana Islands, 15 Jun 1944. Photo taken from USS Wichita.

DUKW loaded with supplies for supplying the Normandy beachhead boarding LST-543, England, United Kingdom, Jun 1944, photo 1 of 2	DUKW loaded with supplies for supplying the Normandy beachhead boarding LST-543, England, United Kingdom, Jun 1944, photo 2 of 2

Ford-built CG-4A glider sitting in a pasture, Normandy, France, Jun 1944	Indianapolis and Birmingham bombarding Saipan amidst advancing LVTs, 15 Jun 1944

Landing craft moving toward Saipan landing beaches, Mariana Islands, 15 Jun 1944	LCT-525 delivering a half-track onto a pontoon causeway pier at Utah Beach, Normandy, France, Jun 15 1944. Half track is an M16 Anti-Aircraft gun mount of A Co, 376th AAA Battalion.

LVTs off Saipan, Mariana Islands, 15 Jun 1944	Map of the Battle of Saipan Jun 15 through July 9, 1944

Men of the first wave of US Marines to land on Saipan, Mariana Islands crawling forward cautiously, 15 Jun 1944	Men of the first wave of US Marines to land on Saipan, Mariana Islands, 15 Jun 1944

New Mexico's 5in guns prepared to bombard Saipan, 15 Jun 1944	SOC Seagull aircraft of US Navy Cruiser Scouting Squadron Seven remained inactive during the Normandy campaign after recently being replaced by Spitfire aircraft, Jun 1944

TBM Avenger from carrier Langley raided Iwo Jima in support of the operations in the Marianas Islands, 15 Jun 1944	Two US Marines crawling into position on a Saipan, Mariana Islands beach after their landing craft was hit by Japanese mortar, 15 Jun 1944; note LVT(A)-4 Water Buffalo in background

US Marines digging foxholes, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 15 Jun 1944	US Marines landing on Saipan, Mariana Islands, 15 Jun 1944