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Tarawa -- Three Days After

A flight deck crewman aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) prepares a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter for flight. The SAIPAN is taking part in exercise Ocean Venture '81

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) stand by to board a helicopter aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during Operation Sharp Edge. The Marines will be flown 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

World War II – 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__DI10716.JPG]

Purple Hearts Awarded in Pacific

Pilot Of Republic P-47 'Thunderbolt', 318Th Fighter Group, Being Greeted By Air Force Man, After Completion Of Flight From Saipan, Marianas Islands, To Ie Shima, Ryukyu Retto. (U.S. Air Force Number A65021AC)

Over the Side at Saipan

Boeing B-29 Superfortress 'Tokyo Local' Taking Off From An Airstrip On Saipan, Marianas Islands. (U.S. Air Force Number A61104AC)

[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__DI10784.JPG]

Japanese Soliders And Civilian Prisoners Of War Rolling And Stacking Gasoline Drums At A Supply Dump On Saipan, Marianas Islands. 29 June 1944. (U.S. Air Force Number A63576AC)

A utility landing craft carrying an M-60 tank approaches the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197) during Exercise Crisex '81. The amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) is also visible in the background