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Just Before the Battle

Okinawa Tomb Becomes a Telephone Booth

Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class (BM2) Leo Grudzinski, aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2), gives a hand signal during preparations for underway refueling. The SAIPAN is taking part in Exercise Ocean Venture '81

Sailor Robert Dwight Foster in World War II naval uniform, circa 1943

Photograph of Coast Guardsmen at Tarawa Pausing for a Look at a Japanese Field Gun

World War II – Saipan

Crash Landing Of A Boeing B-29 "Superfortress". Saipan, Marianas Islands, 15 June 1945. (U.S. Air Force Number 61106AC)

A right side view of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter preparing to touch down on the deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during exercise Ocean Venture '81

Northrop P-61 'Black Widow' Night Fighter In Flight, Saipan, Marianas Islands, January 1945. (U.S. Air Force Number 64220AC)

Saipan Silhouette

Polynesian dancers greet the officers and crew of the US Navy (USN) Amphibious Command Ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC 19) to the tropical island of Saipan. The BLUE RIDGE is on a four-day port visit coinciding with local Veteran's Day ceremonies. The BLUE RIDGE is the Seventh Fleet command and control ship, forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan

Letter from Bobby Johnston to Warren [Letter 163]