Using an unexploded 16-inch naval shell for a resting place, Marine Pfc. Raymond Hubert, smoking a c…

USS Sea Dog on fourth war patrol with crew on deck searching for enemy ships near Guam, May 1945. Ph…

 Curtiss SB2C Helldiver returns to USS Yorktown, after attacking targets in the Marianas, July 4, …

  A LVT(A)-2 Water Buffalo Amtrac loaded with Marines from 4th Marine Division churns through the s…

 Army reinforcements disembarking from LST's as they proceed across coral reef toward the beach on …

 Marines with the 2nd Marine Division and 4th Marine Division hit the beach on Tinian Island. Units…

 Marines with the 4th Marine Divisions under heavy fire during the first wave of landings on Saipan…

 Two U.S. officers with 3rd Marine Division plant the First American flag on Guam eight minutes aft…

 After the Marines captured this mountain gun from the Japanese during the battle of Saipan, they p…

Marines firing a 155mm cannon at Japanese positions during the battle of Guam, July 29, 1944. Photo …

 Marines use Ox cart to supply front lines during the "Battle of Saipan." Using every available mea…

 Navajo Indian communication men, "Code Talker" are with the US Marines on Saipan, who landed with …

 Marine from the 3rd Marine Division goes after a sniper in a shelled building during the "Battle o…

 Marine awaits signal to go ahead in battle to recapture Guam from Japanese, July 1944, photo by Lt…

 The U.S. Marines salute the U.S. Coast Guard after the fury of battle had subsided and the Japanes…

Activities aboard USS Monterey, Navy pilots in the forward elevator well playing basketball, the jum…

With canvas tarpaulin for a church and packing cases for an altar, a Navy chaplain holds mass for Ma…

The crew of the USS South Dakota stands with bowed heads, while Chaplain N.D. Lindner reads the bene…

CB's of 50th Battalion sitting on sandbags in a NCB Chapel, bow their heads in prayer during candle …

Marines pause at Agat during battle for recapture of Guam. July 29, 1944. Lt. Paul Dorsey. (Navy)

Seabees of the 76th Construction Battalion build a giant seawall, a 30-ton bounder is hauled to dump…

 Atomic bomb "Fat Man" F31 being placed on trailer cradle in front of Assembly Building #2.  Proje…

 Boeing B-29 "Bockscar" nose art, which was added after the Nagasaki atomic bombing mission, Tinian…

 Flight Deck of the Navy escort aircraft carrier USS Casablanca "CVE 55" loaded with Republic P-47 …