12-338 Garand picture of the Day

Saipan Landing, 15 June 1944
"The first wave of Marines to hit the Saipan beach, take cover behind a sand dune while waiting for supporting waves to land and start the drive inland."

From the Photograph Collection (COLL/3948), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections

OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH




Landing on Tinian, July 1944
"Going In-Loaded to the gunwhales with Marines, an amphibious tractor churns past a covering warship as it heads for the beach at Tinian."

From the Photograph Collection (COLL/3948), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections

OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH