Invasion Of Saipan: Scenes Aboard Command Ship USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3); Casualties; Loaded LCVPs, 06/22/1944

About this film

Naval Photographic Center film #4457 . National Archives description: "1) MS-Pan Ships anchored off Saipan; Is. BG, signal bridge FG.2) HS Wounded hoisted aboard from LCI alongside-SV.3) MS Adms. Turner & Delany at chart on signal bridge.4) GV-Pan Wave of LCVPs underway to beach-SV.5) MCU Percy Finch, Reuters war correspondent.6) MS Man operates blinker." National Archives Identifier: 77133 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 -- Campaigns -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Saipan, Saipan, Battle Of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3), World War II, USS Rocky Mount, DeLany, W. S. (Walter Stanley), 1891-1980, Finch, Percy, Landing Craft -- United States, Turner, Richmond Kelly, 1885-1961, War -- Relief Of Sick And Wounded, USS J. Franklin Bell (APA-16), World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Tinian, USS J. Franklin Bell, United States. Marine Corps

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