Invasion Of Saipan, 07/02/1944 - 07/12/1944 GRAPHIC

About this film

Naval Photographic Center film #4900. National Archives description: "1) GV-CU Tanks pass on road, dead Japs. 2) MS Marines display Japanese flag (good). 3) GV-MS Knocked-out Japanese tanks. 4) GV-Pan Marines walk thru shell-damaged bldgs., rubble. 5) GV Many dead Japanese by narrow-gauge railroad. 6) GV-Pan LCs on beach & in surf, dead Japanese on beach. 7) GV-MS Marines inspect damaged bldg. & Japanese tanks. 8) CU Corpsman attends Chammorran child. 9) MS Marine inspects Japanese bayonet fastened to stick. 10) GV Marines attend flag raising ceremonies SV. 11) MS Adm. Spruance, Gen. Smith & Gen. Jarman USA. 12) MS-Pan Marines on tank drink from bottle. 13) MS-CU Native women with children. 14) GV-Pan Large expanse of island. 15) MS Marines & Japanese prisoners. 16) MS Gens. Smith & Jarman, Adms. Spruano [SIC] & Hill. 17) MS Japanese interpreter speaks in mike. 18) MS Prisoners carry group dead Japanese women from beach-SV." National Archives Identifier: 77261 " Invasion Of Saipan: Civilian & Military Prisoners; Dead Japanese Women, 07/02/1944 - 07/12/1944 " 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 fi…

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, Hill, Harry W. (Harry Wilbur), 1890-1971, Landing Craft -- United States, USS Indiana (BB-58), Prisoners Of War -- United States, USS Indiana, Saipan, Battle of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944, United States. -- Marine Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945, United States. Marine Corps, United States. Navy, War -- Relief Of Sick And Wounded, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Northern Mariana Islands, Spruance, Raymond Ames, 1886-1969, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Saipan, Jarman, Sanderford, 1884–1954, World War II, Smith, Holland M. (Holland McTyeire), 1882-1967, World War, 1939-1945, WWII In Color

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