US LVTs refueling off the coast of Saipan, NMI, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. American LVTs [Landing Craft, Tracked] receiving fuel from a LCU [Landing Craft, Utility] [center] in open water. Official caption on front: "Amptracs fuel on their way to Saipan beaches. US Navy Photo 130-11." Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. 1944
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1944-06-
1944-07-
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This collection consists of approximately 1700 official military photographs that were reproduced by the Official Photos Company of Hollywood. Referred to as The War's Greatest Photographs, many of these photographs have been featured in magazines and books and many of the originals can be found in the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The images feature every theater and branch of the military in various campaigns and battles throughout World War II.
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Saipan
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Landing craft--American--Saipan
Saipan, Battle of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944