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7Th Bomber Command Personnel Land At Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, Marianas Islands. 4 August 1944. (U.S. Air Force Number 63637AC)

An LCM-8 mechanized landing craft approaches the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) as the utility landing craft LCU-1643 backs out of 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

Bernard Jankowski

World War II – Saipan

[Letter by James E. Sutherlin to his parents - 09/05/1945]

3Rd Photo Reconnaissance Squadron Area On Saipan, Marianas Islands. 30 September 1944. (U.S. Air Force Number 121766AC)

USS CLEMSON - Rep of Ops in the Invasion of Saipan Is, Marianas, 6/14/44 - 7/3/44

Coast Guard Invasion Barge Hits the Saipan Beach

Saipan class light aircraft carrier

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)

Marines unload boxes of supplies from a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM 261) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter on the grounds of the US Embassy. 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