Saipan Invasion: Bombardment Of Island; USS Minneapolis (CA-36) Under Attack By Aircraft, 06/14/1944

About this film

Naval Photographic Center film #4424. National Archives description "1) LS Saipan under bombardment, planes dive, bombs burst. 2) GV DDs, CAs pass; burning Is. BG. 3) MS 14" guns trained. 4) GV OS2U lands, taxis in slick, recovered. 5) HS OS2U catapulted from BB. 6) GV Transports in transport area. 7) LS USS MINNEAPOLIS under bomb attack, explosion from near miss-SV. 8) GV Ships fire, flak bursts in air-SV. 9) LS Smoke columns rise from Is., BB passes FG-SV. 10) MCU 6 gun (14") salvos-SV. 11) MS-Pan CAs pass in formation, ships fire." National Archives Identifier: 77110 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice and/or Archive.org itself. Thanks. :)

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Saipan, Saipan, Battle of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944, World War, 1939-1945, World War II, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, USS Minneapolis, Kamikaze Pilots -- Japan, USS Minneapolis (CA-36)

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