Saipan: Cleaning up operations, Saipan - R-2425

Summary

1944/06 - Saipan - 25th Marines, 4th Marine division MS civilian missionary walks among Marines in combat dress MS different angle same PAN same MS Marines pass missionary walking down road MS Marines coming down road towards camera MS Marines moving away from camera LS column of Marines coming along trail MLS three Marines carry dead Marine wrapped in poncho MLS same - they carry it up to the side of trailer beside Jeep MCU put body in to trailer MCU body in trailer MS four Marines lift up body on poncho PAN as they carry body on poncho to trailer MS PAN same LS dead Japanese soldiers lying in open field MCU, MS, MCU same MLS several Marines standing around group of dead on open field CU mutilated body on ground MS Marines firing 37mm anti tank gun out right frame LS Marines looking through observation spotting scope MS Marines looking through large binoculars on tripod LS PAN of SBD taking off from runway LS PAN same LS PAN of rows of SBDs lined up on air strip. L-5 prepares for landing overhead LS L-5 lands on field LS P47s lining up on runway MLS SBDs taxi past camera MLS SBD taking off LS PAN P47 take off LSLA P47s overhead LS PAN of SBD landing on field LS PAN SBD takes off MS P47s on field MLS different angle same. Ground crew waits nearby 1944/06/27 Saipan - 4th Marines LS railway locomotive towing a string of flat cars. Marines ride on flat cars MS, MLS same LS locomotive coming to head of track CU rails are laid and spikes are driven in to cross ties MS Marine driving spikes in to ties MS same CU some track is taken up with crow bar MS same MS Marine loosening rail MCU same MS rail is lifted with crow bar. Marine carries it toward truck in BG CU spikes are driven through rails in to railroad ties MS Marines doing the same CU gravel is shoveled around ties MCU same Photog: Kennedy