National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures

Large harbor tugs maneuver the amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC 19) into the harbor

The Consolidated B-24 Liberator "Our Baby" At An Airfield On Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, July 1944. (U.S. Air Force Number B63794AC)

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Majuro_6-11-12-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Majuro Atoll, of the Republic of Marshall Islands [48-DPA-SOI_K_Majuro_6-11-12-07__DI14503.JPG]

Visit of Marshall Islands President Kessai Note, right, to Department of Interior headquarters for discussions with Secretary Gale Norton on U.S. programs related to the long-range impact of mid-20th Century nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands vicinity

[No caption entered] (U.S. Air Force Number 53454AC)

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Palau_6-7-9-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Palau Islands, Republic of Palau [48-DPA-SOI_K_Palau_6-7-9-07__DI12998.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Guam_6-6-7-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Guam, U.S. Territory [48-DPA-SOI_K_Guam_6-6-7-07__DI12422.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-02-25-08_SOI_K_Pres_Palau] Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [meeting at Main Interior] with government delegation from the Republic of Palau, [led by Palau President Tommy Remengesau. Secretary Kempthorne and President Remengesau discussed, among other subjects, the possibility of creating a National Heritage Area on the Palau island of Peleliu, along with the upcoming Review of the Palau-U.S. Compact of Free Association.] [48-DPA-02-25-08_SOI_K_Pres_Palau_IOD_1118.JPG]

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) file aboard a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during a rehearsal for Operation Sharp Edge. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia

[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__DI10985.JPG]

An LCM-8 mechanized landing craft backs out of the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the SAIPAN 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__DI10798.JPG]