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Marine Private First Class Cecil G. Trosip of Oraibi, Arizona at Communication System on 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__DI10838.JPG]

Two LCM-8 mechanized landing craft approach the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) as the utility landing craft LCU-1643 pulls away from the SAIPAN's well deck during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the SAIPAN are being 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

A starboard quarter view of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) off the coast of Larvik, Norway, during NATO Exercise NORTHERN WEDDING 86

[No caption entered] (U.S. Air Force Number 55498AC)

World War II – Saipan

Navy and Marine officers receive an operational status briefing in the wardroom aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2). The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia for Operation Sharp Edge

After the Marines captured this mountain gun from the Japanese at Saipan, they put it into use during the attack on Garapan, administrative center of the island.

[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__DI10988.JPG]

Republic P-47 'Thunderbolt' Of The 318Th Fighter Group Landing On Ie Shima, Ryukyu Retto After Long Flight From Former Base On Saipan, Marianas Islands. (U.S. Air Force Number 65021AC)

Crew Chief, M/Sgt. Melvin L. Hotz Of Olin, Iowa, Counts The Bombs Which Have Been Painted On The Nose Of The Consolidated B-24 Liberator 'Punjab'. Saipan, Marianas Islands, 1944. (U.S. Air Force Number A64389AC)

[Servicemen building mess hall, Saipan]