National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures

An Old Japanese Strong Point Was Converted To Use As Base Operations For The B-29 'Superforts', Isley Field, Saipan, Marianas Islands. Air Transport Command And Transport Air Group Planes Used This Strip Also Until Completion Of Nearby Kobler Field. 500 (U.S. Air Force Number 60985AC)

Air Force Pilot In The Cockpit Of The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt 'Miss Mary'. Note Rocket Guns Attached To The Wing. Saipan, Marianas Islands, 9 July 1944. (U.S. Air Force Number 63724AC)

[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__DI10676.JPG]

World War II – Saipan

[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__DI10727.JPG]

Starboard view of the US Navy (USN) Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) guided to the pier by tugboats as her Sailors man the rails. The SAIPAN returned to Naval Station (NS) Norfolk after completing a three-month surge deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT)

A CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter attached to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) departs the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) are being sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

[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__DI10786.JPG]

An overhead view of the US Navy (USN) Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) taken from a USN MH-60S Seahawk helicopter as it flies over the ship. The SAIPAN is currently underway in the Atlantic Ocean en route to her new homeport of Norfolk, Virginia (VA), after a successful 91-day deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). (SUBSTANDARD)

"Summer weather" photo, from Saipan approach, shows clearest bombing area not northwest coast. (U.S. Air Force Number A56516AC)

World War II – Saipan

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit prepare to fire their M-249 squad automatic weapons from the stern of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during weapons training held prior Operation Sharp Edge. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia