Saipan: Burying Marine dead, evacuating wounded, command post activities - R-498

Summary

1944/06 Saipan - 4th Marine div D-day + 2 - 4th Marine div CU-DS Colonel Carlson CU-DS Colonel Carlson talking with two other officers, looking at papers CU-DS Colonel Carlson talking with Chief of Staff, Colonel Rogers, dressed in khaki. CU-DS Colonel Carlson CU back of Colonel Rogers photog: S.Shenton 01:38 1944/06 Saipan - 4th Marine div MS Japanese carrying Marine dead on stretchers MLS Japanese burying dead LS prisoners and civilians washing, Marines walking around on beach in FG, ships in far BG MS prisoners and civilians bathing on beach, MP standing guard in FG MS wrecked landing craft MS-CU DUKW passing camera, other DUKWs moving around in BG MS burning garbage and debris MS truck coming off landing boat photog: Tiernan 03:01 1944/06 Saipan - 4th Marine div MDS men debarking from ship MCU bringing casualties aboard ship CU carrying casualties away on stretchers CU bringing casualties aboard ship MCU carrying casualties away MCU bringing casualties aboard ship on stretchers photog: S.Shenton 04:06 1944/06 Saipan - 4th Marine div MS men talking on beach, supplies on beach LS village showing destruction CU destroyed building CU Marine officers looking over map on ground CU hand of officer sketching on map CU-PAN two Marines standing, two Marines behind each other looking at map CU-PAN Command post, radio equipment inside of command post 05:29 1944/06 Saipan - 4th Marine div MLS Hill 500 showing effect of naval gunfire CU officers studying map MCU officers looking at map speaking over phone. Heavy underbrush all round CU Marine in heavy underbrush, drinking water from canteen MS Marine with camouflaged dungarees, looking at papers CU over shoulders, plane photog: A.S Abramo 08:17 1944/06 Saipan - 4th Marine div CU pilot standing in front of plane, first pilot to land, Major H.E. McAfee, Piedmont, California, UAAF. Name on plane Jeanir CU Major McAfee in cockpit of plane MS AASame, plane is P-47 CU Marines in Oxcart on airfield MS AAsame, P-47 in BG MS AAsame, P-47 in BG LS-PAN Aslito airfield MS Marine in the nude bathing, under home made shower, using hand pump for water. CU Marine under pipes bathing MS Marine walking around Japanese shrine, flowers and trees all around CU Marine fring M-1 at concrete structure in Jap shrine, flowers and trees all around LS-MS-PAN P-47 coming towards camera on airfield for landing, passes by camera. photog: HA Weinberger