Three US marines pose in their sandbagged position with a 37 mm anti-tank gun during the battle for Saipan, the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands, in the western Pacific Ocean. The gun-shield is pockmarked from impacts of enemy bullets and shrapnel.
 


Waiting for Japanese tanks

A column of battle-weary Marines from the 2nd Marine Division march to a new position on the island of Saipan.
 


On to a new battleground

US marines provide first aid to wounded comrades near a destroyed Japanese pillbox on the island of Iwo Jima. From the bunker, the barrel of a Japanese Type 3 12 cm anti-aircraft gun is visible. 
