National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures

A Formation Of Consolidated B-24 "Liberators" Roars Toward Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Where They Will Strike Japanese Installations On The Tiny Island Halfway Between Saipan And Japanese Homeland. 21 October 1944. (U.S. Air Force Number A70513AC)

Helicopter crewmen from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) prepare to fire an M-2 .50-caliber machine gun 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

[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__DI10693.JPG]

Combat Photogs Drop in at the Club

George Tweed on Board USS HORNET (CV 12) After Having Been Transferred From USS McCALL (DD 400), the Ship That Rescued Him From Guam

During a man overboard drill the US Navy (USN) Landing Craft Personnel Large (LCPL) is lowered over the side of the USN Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2)

Armorers Working On Guns Of A Northrop P-61 'Black Widow'. Saipan, Marianas Islands, 19 July 1944. (U.S. Air Force Number 63621AC)

Photograph of a Crewman Watching a Flash of Flame Burst from the Bow of a Gasoline Barge

The USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) (top) conducts an Underway Replenishment (UR), with the USNS LEROY GRUMMAN (TAO 194) (center) and the USS AUSTIN (LPD 4)

Artwork: "Saipan 1944" Artist: William Olendorf, US Air Force Art Collection

Saipan Beachhead Secure

The flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2). The SAIPAN is participating in a joint U.S. and Spanish exercise, Ocean Venture '81