File:USS Indianapolis (CA-35) shelling Saipan in June 1944.jpg

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Description U.S. Navy LVTs move toward the beach at Saipan, past bombarding cruisers, on 15 June 1944. The cruiser firing in the background is USS Indianapolis (CA-35), flagship of Fifth Fleet commander Admiral Raymond A. Spruance.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-231838 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author Photographed from USS Birmingham (CL-62)

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