From a Coast Guard-manned landing craft, American invaders wade through a golden, shallow surf to hit the beach of Tinian Island near Guam in the Marianas. In this striking sunrise silhouette, units of a mighty task force stand on the horizon -- Navy warships, transports and LSTs. In closer, smaller invasion craft are halted by shallow water about 100 yards off shore.







A water buffalo, loaded with Marines, churns through the sea bound for the beaches of Tinian Island near Guam in this invasion picture made by a Coast Guard combat photographer “going in” aboard another landing craft to the attack against the Japaneseicon in the Marianas.
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