Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo (self-inflicted gunshot 6 July)Ĭhief of staff: Rear Adm. Partridge) Attached units 708th Amphibian Tank Battalion (Army) 773rd Amphibian Tractor Battalion (Army) 534th Amphibian Tractor Battalion (Army)Ī captured Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero fighter at a Japanese airfield on Saipan. Youngdale) 20th Marine Regiment (Engineer) Lt. Otto Lessing) Landed after D-Day 14th Marine Regiment (Artillery) Colonel Louis G. Chambers) Floating reserve 24th Marine Regiment Colonel Franklin A. Cosgrove) Yellow beaches 25th Marine Regiment Colonel Merton J. Cumming Blue beaches 23rd Marine Regiment Colonel Louis R. 4th Marine Division (21,618 officers and enlisted)
Two Marine PFCs display the bazooka they used to disable Japanese tanks on Saipan.
Juhan) 715th Amphibian Tractor Battalion (Army) Salazar) Attached units 1st Battalion, 29th Marine Regiment (Lt. Jorgensen) 18th Marine Regiment (Engineer) Commanding Officer: Lt. Johnston) Landed after D-Day 10th Marine Regiment (Artillery) Commanding Officer: Col. Miller Jr.) Floating reserve 2nd Marine Regiment Commanding Officer: Col. Easley) Green beaches 8th Marine Regiment Commanding Officer: Col. Edson Red beaches 6th Marine Regiment Commanding Officer: Col.
2nd Marine Division (21,746 officers and enlisted) Marines digging in on the beach at Saipan.
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