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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

Artwork: "POW Amputee," Saipan, July 1944- Artist: Robert Benney

[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__DI11033.JPG]

Contribution For Victory

Dressing for a (Beach) Party

A Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362 (HMH-362) AH-1W Sea Cobra helicopter lifts off from the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) as the vessel is underway in support of maritime interdiction operations

Starboard bow view of the US Navy (USN) TARAWA CLASS: Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) underway off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA)

[No caption entered] (U.S. Air Force Number 58001AC)

Camouflage By Flit Gun

[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__DI10670.JPG]

For Victory -- The Price is High