Marines of the first wave, landing on the beach at Saipan, crawl forward for protective covering while waiting for additional waves of green-garbed Leathernecks to land.
The first wave landed with little opposition, but had to fight down Jap opposition against the following waves. 15 June, 1944. Photographer not credited. Photo Source: U.S. National Archives. Digitized by Signal Corps Archive.
- Date
- 1944-06-15
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- Signal Corps Archive from United States
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- Wikimedia Commons
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- photograph
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- 5,491 × 4,304 pixels
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