National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures

World War II – Saipan

The first wave of Marines to hit the Saipan beach in the Marianas invasion take cover behind a sand dune, while waiting for the following three waves to come in.

Marines on the grounds of the US Embassy sandbag a position near the compound's perimeter. 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

[No caption entered] (U.S. Air Force Number 55499AC)

S09-39-2429 - STS-009 - Earth observations taken by the STS-9 crew

S33-75-009 - STS-033 - STS-33 earth observations

STS050-93-070 - STS-050 - STS-50 earth observations

Steam heated wash rack of the 90th Bomb Gp. At Port Moresby, Papua, New Guinea, Sept. 43. (U.S. Air Force Number B59587AC)

STS111-715-094 - STS-111 - Earth Observations taken during mission STS-111 UF-2.

STS050-90-067 - STS-050 - STS-50 earth observations

S27-37-040 - STS-027 - STS-27 earth observations