Aslito Airfield (Saipan) & Captured Japanese Planes & Airstrip Beach Scenes, Prisoners Work, 06/24/1944

About this film

Naval Photographic Center film #4451. National Archives description "1) MCU Beach master talks to other officers.2) GV Men, equipment & tanks move up to front, road FG.3) GV Buddha Japanese temple; man works FG-SV.4) GV Plane graveyard, Japanese aircraft-SV.5) GV Japanese hangar & Zero planes.6) MS-Pan Captured Aslito air strip, P-47s taxi, take off.7) GV-Pan TBFs on air strip, gas truck enters FG.8) MS-Pan Japanese block houses, bldgs. etc. on edge of strip, (Japanese camouflage).9) LS-Pan Sugar-cane fields on Tinian Is.10) GV Group of men rest.11) MS CBs repair narrow guage railroad.12) MS Marines drive oxen in field.13) MS American knocked out tank by Japanese artillery.14) GV Japanese prisoners work." National Archives Identifier: 77128 "Aslito Airfield (Saipan) & Captured Japanese Planes & Airstrip Beach Scenes, Prisoners Work, 06/24/1944" National Archives Identifier: 77128 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, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, World War II, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Saipan, Prisoners Of War -- United States, World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners And Prisons, American

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