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World War II – Saipan

Tarawa Invaders

[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__DI10983.JPG]

A U.S. Navy search and rescue swimmers (SAR) Air Warfare System's Operator Second Class Randy Eaton and Damage Controlman Second Class Christopher Johnson are hoisted out of the water by an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, from Helicopter Sea Combat Support Squadron 26, during a combined training with SAR personnel from the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) 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)

CAPT. A.L. Heisig, right, commanding officer, and CMDR. S. Markey, executive officer, confer on the bridge wing of the amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19) as they monitor an underway replenishment operation with the fleet oiler USNS ANDREW J. HIGGINS (T-AO-190). The ships are operating in the waters off Saipan during Operation Tandem Thrust

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) called the"Scan Eagle"launches from the flight deck of 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)

U.S. Navy Sailors on board the Whidbey Island Class Dock Landing Ship USS ASHLAND (LSD 48) secure the ensign before getting underway from Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek on November 16, 2006. The ASHLAND will relieve Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN John Suits) (Released)

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]