Wrecked Japanese Planes; Dead Japs On Beach; Marines In Action On Beach, Saipan, 07/02/1944 - 07/12/1944

About this film

Naval Photographic Center film #4901. National Archives description "1) HS Officers piped aboard.2) GV-Pan 40MM guns; ammo. hoisted from hold.3) HS Men handle shell cases.4) GV-Pan Wrecked hangars, Japanese planes, huts, pillboxes.5) GV-MS-Pan Marines inspect many dead Japanese on beach.6) MS-Pan Wrecked Japanese bombers-SV.7) GV-Pan Wrecked planes, hangar, pillboxes, etc.-SV.8) MS Colored Marines with oxcart.9) MS Marines pose with large Japanese flag.10) GV LVTA passes in surf.11) GV Marines toss grenade, hit ground.12) GV-Pan Beach area covered with dead Japs.13) GV Flame thrower works behind brush.14) GV Marines move up on beach, hit ground, grenade explodes BG." National Archives Identifier: 77262 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 -- Naval Operations, American, United States. Marine Corps, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Saipan, USS Indiana (BB-58), World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American, USS Indiana, World War II, WWII In Color

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