National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures

A locking storage rack aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) that has been modified to accept the M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW) (shown in rack) and the M16A2 rifle

A Landing Signal Enlisted (LSE) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (BM) visually guides an MV-22B Osprey in for a landing aboard the USS SAIPAN (LHA 2)

[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__DI10982.JPG]

[No caption entered] (U.S. Air Force Number 60194AC)

CVL-48 Saipan

[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__DI11011.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__DI10842.JPG]

Just Before the Battle

Okinawa Tomb Becomes a Telephone Booth

Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class (BM2) Leo Grudzinski, aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2), gives a hand signal during preparations for underway refueling. The SAIPAN is taking part in Exercise Ocean Venture '81

Photograph of Coast Guardsmen at Tarawa Pausing for a Look at a Japanese Field Gun

World War II – Saipan