WWII - Color, 1944, Saipan, Marianas: Wounded Evacuated; Aerials of Craters & Tank Fighting, ca 15Jun44

WWII - Color, 1944, Saipan, Marianas: Wounded Evacuated; Aerials of Craters & Tank Fighting, ca 15Jun44 Poor focus, good action; marines running beside jeep & firing rifles. LS tanks in field. 11:11:35 Focus okay. CU soldier brushing teeth; CUs marines; MS pan camouflaged supply dump; marine filling water jerry can. CU Marine barber cutting hair. Black GIs as labor force. 11:12:42 Slate: Camera F.I. Bengston, Jun44. 4th Marine Div. D-2. Another slate. 11:12:55 Out of focus. 11:13:23 LVTs mired or sitting. CU lettering: Bataan Bound. Wreckage & debris. 11:14:11 Slate: illegible. 11:14:14 Marine down steps & into landing craft; loaded leaving ship (poor focus). 11:14:48 Wounded on stretchers loaded from landing craft onto ship. GOOD. 11:15:26 Slate: Jun44. 11:15:31 LS pan coastal area w/ ships anchored offshore; LVT & trucks & men working in foreground. 11:16:17 Destroyed Japanese gun; others in grass. 11:16:47 Slate: Roll D-12 4 Mar Div. 11:16:49 Aerial over farm fields of island & rocky coastline & mountain cliffs. 11:18:07 Slate: Capt. DeVinne. Roll D-21, 04 Mar Div. 11:18:1? Aerial over coast & smoking factories & trees (fast & bouncy). Higher. 11:18:27 Aerial over many bomb craters & devastation near coast. Airfield w/ debris. 11:19:25 Slate: 15Jun. D 17. 11:19:28 High aerial over island w/ farm fields, smoking ruins w/ tanks in field around them. Heavily burning building. Heavy smoke near coast from explosion (not seen). WW2 Fighting; Damage; Aftermath; Military;