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Battle of SaipanPhotos from 1944The following pictures were obtained by David Moore during
the battle of Saipan
from a military photographer whose darkroom was near
his bivouac on the beach. Click on the
images to get a bigger picture. See Pictures
of Saipan - 1996 for an idea of what
Saipan looks like today. |
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| Amtracks heading for the beach. | Landing craft headed for the beach. |
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| Men on a pontoon barge loading landing craft. Note the landing craft that has been abandoned. | After the beachhead was taken. |
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| Men posing at a foxhole. | A pontoon barge that was used to move material from ships to the beach. |
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| Another view of a pontoon barge. This is the type of pontoon barge David Moore worked on during the battle of Saipan. |
A view of the dock at the beachhead. |
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| Material stacked on the barges waiting to be unloaded. |
LST unloading trucks at the temporary pier created at the beachhead from pontoon barges. |
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photos of modern Saipan taken in 1996 taken by David Moore.
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| A view of the beachhead from the pier. | |