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Marines on the grounds of the US Embassy sandbag a position near the compound's perimeter. 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

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Northrop P-61 'Black Widows' In Flight. Saipan, Mariansa Islands, January 1945. (U.S. Air Force Number A64217AC)

World War II – Saipan

"First Negro Marines decorated by the famed Second Marine Division somewhere in the Pacific (left to right) Staff Sgt Timerlate Kirven...and Cpl. Samuel J. Love, Sr... They received Purple Hearts for wounds received in the Battle of Saipan..."

Family of Major John F. Sullivan, Jr.

[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__DI10815.JPG]

Photograph of Cesar Romero

A Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter lifts off from 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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Aviation Engineers Who Are Clearing Debris From Area On Saipan, Marianas Islands, Pause Long Enough To Wish The Folks At Home A 'Merry Christmas'. They Are, Left Ot Right: T/4 Charles Fischer, Pfc. William K. Visner, T/5 Dale Peterson, And Cpl. Angelo Del (U.S. Air Force Number 65361AC)

Southern Asia