182 items in this album on 10 pages.
![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](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_marianas61.jpg) | ![US Marines digging foxholes, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 15 Jun 1944](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_marianas65.jpg) |
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](/images/imagemagick/tmb_5780027ed6066.jpg) | ![US Marines on a beach on Saipan, Mariana Islands, 15 Jun 1944](/images/imagemagick/tmb_5780027fc34e9.jpg) |
US Marines landing on Saipan, Mariana Islands, 15 Jun 1944 | US Marines on a beach on Saipan, Mariana Islands, 15 Jun 1944 |
![African-American US Marines awaiting orders shortly after landing on Saipan, Mariana Islands, 16 Jun 1944](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_marianas71.jpg) | ![An F6F-3 Hellcat of Fighting Squadron 1, the âHigh Hatters,â sustains a catastrophic failure while landing aboard the carrier USS Yorktown (Essex-class) north of the Marianas, 16 Jun 1944.](/images/imagemagick/tmb_5104bec02d26f.jpg) |
African-American US Marines awaiting orders shortly after landing on Saipan, Mariana Islands, 16 Jun 1944 | An F6F-3 Hellcat of Fighting Squadron 1, the âHigh Hatters,â sustains a catastrophic failure while landing aboard the carrier USS Yorktown (Essex-class) north of the Marianas, 16 Jun 1944. |
![Japanese aircraft exploding near the stern of USS Corregidor, off Saipan, Mariana Islands, 17 Jun 1944; seen from the flight deck of USS Coral Sea](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_anzio26.jpg) | ![USS Corregidor firing on Japanese aircraft off Saipan, Mariana Islands, 17 Jun 1944; seen from the flight deck of USS Coral Sea](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_anzio25.jpg) |
Japanese aircraft exploding near the stern of USS Corregidor, off Saipan, Mariana Islands, 17 Jun 1944; seen from the flight deck of USS Coral Sea | USS Corregidor firing on Japanese aircraft off Saipan, Mariana Islands, 17 Jun 1944; seen from the flight deck of USS Coral Sea |
![Vice Admiral Richmond Turner aboard USS Rocky Mount off Saipan, Mariana Islands, 17 Jun 1944](/images/imagemagick/tmb_person_turner4.jpg) | ![Flaming Japanese Nakajima J1N1 GekkÅ "Irving" plunging toward the sea near the Marianas Islands as seen from escort carrier Kitkun Bay, 18 Jun 1944, photo 1 of 2.](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_marianas8.jpg) |
Vice Admiral Richmond Turner aboard USS Rocky Mount off Saipan, Mariana Islands, 17 Jun 1944 | Flaming Japanese Nakajima J1N1 GekkÅ "Irving" plunging toward the sea near the Marianas Islands as seen from escort carrier Kitkun Bay, 18 Jun 1944, photo 1 of 2. |
![Flaming Japanese Nakajima J1N1 GekkÅ "Irving" plunging toward the sea near the Marianas Islands as seen from escort carrier Kitkun Bay, 18 Jun 1944, photo 2 of 2.](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_marianas95.jpg) | ![FM-2 fighter being launched from USS Coral Sea during combat off Saipan, Mariana Islands, 18 Jun 1944; note USS Corregidor in background](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_anzio27.jpg) |
Flaming Japanese Nakajima J1N1 GekkÅ "Irving" plunging toward the sea near the Marianas Islands as seen from escort carrier Kitkun Bay, 18 Jun 1944, photo 2 of 2. | FM-2 fighter being launched from USS Coral Sea during combat off Saipan, Mariana Islands, 18 Jun 1944; note USS Corregidor in background |
![Aircraft trails above Task Force 58 during the Battle of the Philippine Sea, 19 Jun 1944; photographed aboard light cruiser Birmingham](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_marianas4.jpg) | ![An elated fighter pilot, Alexander Vraciu, showing how many enemy planes he just shot down, his share in the Marianas Turkey Shoot. Fighting Squadron VF-16 aboard USS Lexington (Essex-class), 19 Jun 1944](/images/imagemagick/tmb_55e53069f3d61.jpg) |
Aircraft trails above Task Force 58 during the Battle of the Philippine Sea, 19 Jun 1944; photographed aboard light cruiser Birmingham | An elated fighter pilot, Alexander Vraciu, showing how many enemy planes he just shot down, his share in the Marianas Turkey Shoot. Fighting Squadron VF-16 aboard USS Lexington (Essex-class), 19 Jun 1944 |
![Carrier USS Bunker Hill taking a near miss from a Japanese dive bomber close aboard the starboard quarter, 19 Jun 1944 off Guam, Mariana Islands. The ship was not damaged. Photo 1 of 2](/images/imagemagick/tmb_55a737c375258.jpg) | ![Carrier USS Bunker Hill taking a near miss from a Japanese dive bomber close aboard the starboard quarter, 19 Jun 1944 off Guam, Mariana Islands. The ship was not damaged. Photo 2 of 2](/images/imagemagick/tmb_55cbf267d63aa.jpg) |
Carrier USS Bunker Hill taking a near miss from a Japanese dive bomber close aboard the starboard quarter, 19 Jun 1944 off Guam, Mariana Islands. The ship was not damaged. Photo 1 of 2 | Carrier USS Bunker Hill taking a near miss from a Japanese dive bomber close aboard the starboard quarter, 19 Jun 1944 off Guam, Mariana Islands. The ship was not damaged. Photo 2 of 2 |
![US Navy Chaplain W. M. Dunn conducting funeral service of Lieutenant (jg) Eugene Bradshaw aboard USS Coral Sea in the Pacific Ocean during the Mariana Islands campaign, 19 Jun 1944](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_anzio28.jpg) | ![USS Bunker Hill nearly hit by a Japanese bomb during Battle of the Philippine Sea, 19 Jun 1944](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_marianas5.jpg) |
US Navy Chaplain W. M. Dunn conducting funeral service of Lieutenant (jg) Eugene Bradshaw aboard USS Coral Sea in the Pacific Ocean during the Mariana Islands campaign, 19 Jun 1944 | USS Bunker Hill nearly hit by a Japanese bomb during Battle of the Philippine Sea, 19 Jun 1944 |
![African-American men of the US Marine Corps Third Ammunitions Company at Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun 1944; Pfc Boykin on bicycle; Pfcs Anthony, Shackelford, and Purdy watching](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_marianas69.jpg) | ![African-American US Marines Sergeant F. Smit and Corporal S. Brown opening a coconut, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun 1944](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_marianas70.jpg) |
African-American men of the US Marine Corps Third Ammunitions Company at Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun 1944; Pfc Boykin on bicycle; Pfcs Anthony, Shackelford, and Purdy watching | African-American US Marines Sergeant F. Smit and Corporal S. Brown opening a coconut, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun 1944 |
182 items in this album on 10 pages.