National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures

Garbage Barge Which Disposes Of Rubbish At Sea, Saipan, Marianas Islands. (U.S. Air Force Number B64130AC)

A Republic P-47 'Revs Up' Its Engine, Prepitory To Take Off From Flight Deck Of The Aircraft Carrier Uss Manilla Bay Which Ferried P-47'S From Oahu To Saipan, Marianas Islands. June 23, 1944. (U.S. Air Force Number 63748AC)

[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__DI10958.JPG]

Photograph of Japanese Planes Shot Down By American Invasion Fleet

Crew members gather on the flight deck to watch a boxing match aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2)

Flak Fills the Sky as Yankee Planes Attack Saipan

Ally, Primitive Style

U.S. Navy Landing Craft Utility 1658 and several Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats prepare to enter the well deck of the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during operations in the Mediterranean Sea on Aug. 31, 2006. SAIPAN is currently underway conducting maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class Steven J. Weber) (Released)

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) called the"Scan Eagle"is recovered after a flight onboard the U.S. Navy Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during operations in the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 18, 2006. The"Scan Eagle"is designed to provide persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data, battle damage assessment and communications relay in support of the Global War On Terrorism. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Patrick W. Mullen III) (Released)

UH-1N Iroquois, CH-46 Sea Knight, and AH-1T Sea Cobra helicopters are parked on the bow of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during NATO Exercise NORTHERN WEDDING '86

Serenity in Strife

[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__DI10571.JPG]