National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures

A group of Marines stand watch on the roof of the United States Embassy. Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU), deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2), were sent to augment security at the embassy as part of Operation SHARP EDGE

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Saipan_6-5-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Saipan Island, of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands [48-DPA-SOI_K_Saipan_6-5-07__DI10772.JPG]

Curious Kids Caper Amid Okinawa Ruins

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Saipan_6-5-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Saipan Island, of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands [48-DPA-SOI_K_Saipan_6-5-07__DI10687.JPG]

21st BOMBER COMMAND, SAIPAN--Sgt. J.R. Krantz, Hickory Point, Tennessee, waist gunner on a 21st Bomber Command B-29 Superfortress, is hauled back to safety after being blown from the destroyed waist-gun blister while on an attack on the jap Capital. (U.S. Air Force Number 55998AC)

S45-623-018 - STS-045 - STS-45 earth observations

S38-75-074 - STS-038 - STS-38 earth observations

War Plays No Favorites

George R. Tweed, Navy Radioman, Aboard a Pacific Fleet Warship Which Rescued Him Off Guam After He Had Spent More Than Two and One-Half Years Eluding the Japanese - He Contemplates What He Has Heard About the Changes in Civilization - His Financial Situation Took Some Consideration - He Figures He Has About $6,000 in Back Pay Coming

World War II – Saipan

61A-37-043 - STS-61A - STS-61A earth observations

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Saipan_6-5-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Saipan Island, of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands [48-DPA-SOI_K_Saipan_6-5-07__DI10593.JPG]