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Close up of a larger painting of Japanese settlers and natives of Saipan committing suicide

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) called the"Scan Eagle"launches from a pneumatic wedge catapult launcher on 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. 23, 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)

The amphibious assault ship USS INCHON (LPH-12), left, the amphibious transport dock USS PONCE (LPD-15), center, and the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) lie tied up at the naval station

[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__DI11004.JPG]

World War II – Saipan

Marines on the hangar deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) fill their magazines with ammunition before boarding helicopters for transportation to Monrovia, Liberia, to evacuate dependents and non-essential U.S. Embassy staff from the midst of the fighting between Liberian government forces and rebel factions

Northern Mariana Islands, abandoned weapon at former Japanese command post on Saipan Island

Eleanor Roosevelt Visiting Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson at San Diego Naval Hospital

Mikenzie Rost and Jackson Owens, with community volunteers. On Friday, October 23rd, the AmeriCorps Disaster Response Team supported a large-scale volunteer event in Chalan Kanoa in coordination with United for Saipan and the LTRG (CARE). The AmeriCorps Disaster Response Team members trained and led 25 volunteers in canvassing the Chalan Kanoa neighborhood with two goals in mind: to bring to light the community's unmet needs, and to determine work sites for the Saturday and Sunday volunteer events. Over Saturday & Sunday, volunteers went through the neighborhood to gather debris for removal, collected information from additional clients about their unmet needs, and received training on client intakes for unmet needs. In total at this event, 77 client intakes were completed, 140 cubic yards of tin & vegetative debris were removed, and a total of 391 volunteer hours were logged by 117 volunteers supporting the Cleanup events over Friday, Saturday & Sunday.

Boeing B-29 Superfortresses In Dispersal Area In The Marianas Islands. [497Th Bomb Group; Probably Isley Field, Saipan.] (U.S. Air Force Number 59044AC)

[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__DI11035.JPG]

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) practice body-search techniques on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) in preparation for Operation Sharp Edge. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia