WWII - Color, 1944, Saipan, Marianas: Invasion Landing; Natives; Fighting; Dead & Wounded

WWII - Color, 1944, Saipan, Marianas: Invasion Landing; Natives; Fighting; Dead & Wounded Wounded on stretchers lifted over side into DUKW or LVT by marines in camouflage clothing; move out to ships offshore. Pan ships, barges & landing craft in harbor. 11:22:10 Many native women & children guarded by marines walking along white sand beach, many landing craft in water behind. Man wading out to landing craft, other carrying or floating large crate into shore. Men on shore moving 55 gallon drums. Marines walking to shore past stalled jeep, bulldozer behind pulling landing craft to shore; pulling jeep w/ artillery behind onto sandy beach. Men carry crates to shore. 11:23:37 CU Bulldozer blade pushing army truck backwards along beach. 11:23:47 Camouflaged netting. 11:23:51 Slate: Ludka, Roll 12. 11:23:55 MCU Marine on field telephone under camouflage net; another marking map / chart. CU Pointing at areas marked on chart. Marine making notes. GOOD 11:24:44 Smoke rising from beyond bright green jungle ridge line. 11:24:59 MCU Marine cleaning weapon part. Another sitting on ground looking at aerial photograph . 11:25:41 Marines relaxing in jungle beside jerry can. 11:26:02 View towards sea w/ large cloud after explosion hanging in air. 11:26:11 Slate - illegible. 11:26:14 Dead man beside dead water buffalo. Woman holding baby w/ children in field, Marine holding very young child. Group of women talking. 11:26:31 Marines walking up sandy road toward heavy black smoke, jeep passes. Smoke rising from valley, slow pan. LS of smoke rising, explosions & smoke (some camera bounce from telephoto). 11:27:30 Marines beside artillery, camouflage net. CU pan across stack of large ammunition / shells; empty casings piled up. 11:27:56 Dark smoke. Marines w/ rifles beside field, pointing to ditch or cave; smoke out. Grenade thrown into ditch. Marine firing grenade or rifle into cave or ??. 11:28:39 Marine body on stretcher carried down steep farm hill by natives. MS marine looking thru periscope binoculars, talking to others while sitting on log in open; palm trees behind. Looking again. View across fields to hills w/ heavy smoke coming up. 11:29:36 Black. 11:30:08 Slate: Ludka - Roll 8. WW2 Pacific Islands Marines Daily Life; Military; Fighting; Invasion;