National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures

A Marine of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) adjusts one of the M-60E3 machine guns set up on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) for weapons training prior to 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__DI11016.JPG]

Okinawa Civilians Gathered in Refugee Camps

Okinawa Reverie

Incident Management Assistance Team Logistics Section Chief Jeremy Swartz, signing off on the delivery of the six bucket trucks to Saipan, CNMI. Back in August, Typhoon Soudelor caused major damage in Saipan and the local government asked for these trucks to help with the ongoing effort to restore long term power to the island. Our job was to make that request happen, which were able to do by working closely with the local government.

Men Of The 3Rd Photo Reconnaissance Squadron Lab Lay Out A Mosaic Of Tokyo, Japan. The Sections Of The Mosaic Were Taken By T/Sgt. Walter C. Marvin On The First Photo Reconnaissance Mission Over Japan On 1 November 1944. Saipan, Maianas Islands. (U.S. Air Force Number 64241AC)

Aerial View Of Inspection Of Republic P-47 'Thunderbolts' Of The 318Th Fighter Group, Prior To Move To Saipan, Marianas Islands. 15 May 1944. Bellows Field, Oahu, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force Number 63568AC)

Flight deck crewman aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) carry tie-down chains away from an AH-1J Sea Cobra helicopter attached to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) as flight operations are conducted during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the SAIPAN have been sent 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__DI11013.JPG]

A right side view of four US Marines Corps OV-10 Bronco aircraft in flight. The aircraft are operating from the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2)

2Nd Lt. Alford J. Habcock, 411 9Th St., Watervliet, New York, And 2Nd Lt. Frank L. Graham, 111 Olive St., Kansas City, Mo., Beside The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt "My Baby." Saipan, Marianas Islands, 20 July 1944. [Probably 318Th Fighter Group] (U.S. Air Force Number 63954AC)

World War II – Saipan