LCIs Head For Beach & Shoot 40mm Guns; LCs Head For Beach; Transferring Wounded, Invasion Saipan, 06/16/1944

About this film

Naval Photographic Center film #4435. National Archives description "1) GV CA fires, LCs underway FG. 2) MS LCIs underway, firing-SV. (Good). 3) LS Beach under bombardment, plane passes. 4) GV MS LCIs, LVTs, LCs underway, BB fires BG. 5) GV Is. burning, many LCs BG. 6) GV Wave of LCVPs underway, LST BG. 7) GV APs in transport area. 8) GV MS LCVP circling in rendezvous area. 9) LS Explosion on Is. 10) HS Wounded transferred from LVT alongside. 11) MS LVTs exit LST in transport area, AP BG." National Archives Identifier: 77120 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, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945, Saipan, Battle Of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944, World War II, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, Landing Craft -- United States, War -- Relief Of Sick And Wounded

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