M4 Sherman tanks debarking from landing craft, Chalan Kanoa, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. M4 Sherman tanks with deep wading vents debarking from LCMs [Landing Craft, Mechanized] onto a war-damaged coastline; a large column of smoke is rising in the background. Official caption on front: "Tanks unload at Charen-Kanoa [sic], Saipan under smoke of battle. Coast Guard Photo 222-4." Chalan Kanoa, 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.
Geography:
Chalan Kanoa
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-15.133
Longitude:
145.717
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Sherman tank--Saipan
Tanks (Military science)--American--Saipan
Landing craft--American--Saipan
Saipan, Battle of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Northern Mariana Islands