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"Winter Weather" photo shows how Japan confronts a B-29 pilot approaching from Saipan, looking northwest. (U.S. Air Force Number 56516AC)

U.S. Navy Sailors listen intently to their instructor during History 1301, a Naval College Program for Afloat College Education course, onboard the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) while the ship is underway in the Indian Ocean on Aug. 22, 2006. The program gives Sailors the opportunity to experience challenging education and continue their personal and professional growth while on sea duty assignments. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Third Class Erik K. Siegel) (Released)

A plane director signals to the pilot of an AV-8B Harrier aircraft taxiing 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

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World War II – Saipan

Photograph of Landing Barges Moving Toward Shore at Saipan

A British HAS, Mark 2 Lynx helicopter comes in to land aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the SAIPAN have been sent to 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

It appears that one Marine is relieving another on the beach at Saipan but they are really crawling under enemy fire, to their assigned positions.

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[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__DI10830.JPG]

(From bottom-to-top), Aerial port view of the U.S. Navy Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2), the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69), and the Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser USS ANZIO (CG 68), as they sail in formation during a photographic exercise on Nov. 20, 2006. The ships are currently deployed in support of maritime security operations in the Arabian Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Patrick W. Mullen III) (Released)

A pallet of supplies is passed on a wire highline rig between the fleet oiler USNS NEOSHO (T-AO 143) and the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) as an underway replenishment is conducted off the coast of Liberia during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the SAIPAN have been sent to 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