Mariana Islands Campaign and the Great Turkey Shoot Photographs

183 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, 1944	Cliffs, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944

Destroyed factory, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944	Destroyed Japanese flying boat, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944

Fallen Japanese soldier, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944	Holland M. Smith, Harry Schmidt, and Graves B. Erskine, Saipan, Mariana Islands, circa Jul 1944

Holland Smith on a Jeep on Saipan, Mariana Islands, circa Jul 1944	LVT-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 1944	Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944

Star shells in the sky and fires burning on the ground illuminated the city of Garapan at night, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jul 1944	US 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 1944	US Marines carrying the remains of a comrade, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944

US Marines fighting on Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jul 1944	US Marines fighting on Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944

US Marines fighting on Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944	US 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 1944	US Marines making use of a locally commandeered ox and ox cart to transport supplies, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944