Reel Number: 250077-17
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1944
Country: Northern Mariana Islands,USA
Location: Mariana Islands,Pacific,Saipan
TC Begins: 09:28:43
TC Ends: 09:31:19
Duration: 00:02:36
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WWII - 1944: Landing Craft on Saipan. 16-17Jun44 Landing craft circling w/ LST past. Marianas Islands in background. 09:29:49 Bodies on stretchers covered with American flags lined up on deck & moved to ships rail. Chaplain gives blessing & flags removed; litters lifted and bodies slid into water. Slate. 09:31:08 Marines down net on side of ship into landing craft. WW2; Burial at sea; Pacific;