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Last Wing Mission Of The 500Th Bomb Group. Unlike The Wild Celebration In The States And On Some Other Pacific Islands, Peace Came Quietly To The Men Of The 500Th Bomb Group. Saipan, Marianas Islands, 16 August 1945. (U.S. Air Force Number 61169AC)

Marines on the grounds of the US Embassy wait in line to board a helicopter. Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU), deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2), were sent to augment security at the embassy as part of Operation SHARP EDGE

Letter from Warren Johnston to Bobby [Letter 369]

A crash crewman stands by ready for immediate action during flight deck operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2). The SAIPAN is taking part in Exercise Ocean Venture '81

Kay, Robert A., Letter, 1944

An AV-8B Harrier aircraft of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362 (HMH-362) takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) as the vessel is underway in support of maritime interdiction operations

On 27 January 1045, Consolidated B-24 "Liberators" Of The 392Nd Bomb Squadron, 3Oth Bomb Group Took Off From Saipan For A Raid On Iwo Jima. Flak Encountered By The Planes Was Intense And Accurate. One Of The 75Mm Shells Hit This B-24 And Exploded In The (U.S. Air Force Number B70342AC)

General View Of Installations On Saipan, Marianas Islands, November 1944. (U.S. Air Force Number 65256AC)

A port view of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) underway during the NATO Southern Region exercise DRAGON HAMMER '90

[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__DI10586.JPG]

U.S. Navy Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1658 (right), assigned to Assault Craft Unit 2, prepares to enter the well deck aboard the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) after it successfully completed small boat operations in the Mediterranean Sea on Aug. 24, 2006. SAIPAN is currently underway conducting maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Patrick W. Mullen III) (Released)

George Tweed on Board USS HORNET (CV 12) After Having Been Transferred From USS McCALL (DD 400), the Ship That Rescued Him From Guam - After Haircut By J.E. Quattrocchi, S1c