National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) are led to a 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__DI10664.JPG]

[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__DI10683.JPG]

Ground Crew Personnel Load Wing Tank On The Lockheed P-38 'Little Red Head', Isley Field, Saipan, Marianas Islands, November 1944. (U.S. Air Force Number 64462AC)

Working Party

LST Discharges Supplies on Tarawa Reef

Laboratory on Saipan Wrecked by Navy Guns

A Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 4 (HC-4) CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter takes off from the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during the NATO Southern Region exercise DRAGON HAMMER '90

The amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) sits offshore near Vieques, Puerto Rico, during Fleet Ex 1-90, its stern gate open for landing craft operations

The commanding officer of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) delivers a pre-operation briefing to his officers in the squadron ready room aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2). The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia for Operation Sharp Edge

[No caption entered] (U.S. Air Force Number A55599AC)

Personnel Of The 7Th Weather Squadron, Stationed On Saipan, Marianas Islands. They Are, Left To Right: S/Sgt. James G. Hamilton Of New York, New Yourk: Sgt. Edgar C. Bailey Of Reading, Pennsylvania; Lt. David S. Durst Of Petaluma, California: Lt. William (U.S. Air Force Number 70429AC)