Signal Corps Archive:
Marine Cpl. A. P. Marejohn, photographer, Tampa, Florida, and native bull. Saipan. June, 1944.
Signal Corps Archive:
A Marine aboard ship enroute to Okinawa with the Second Division is shown placing his lifejacket on his "pal".
Signal Corps Archive:
Assault troops clearing beaches of animals left by retreating Japs. Saipan. June, 1944.
Signal Corps Archive:
Horse Marine going into combat. Saipan. June, 1944.
Signal Corps Archive:
The mortar platoon of Lt. Col. A. A. Vandegrift, Jr., Washington, D.C., making use of Jap ox and carts.
Signal Corps Archive:
General's son: Lt. Col. A. A. Vandegrift, son of Marine Corps Commandant, relaxes at the frontlines after a skirmish with the Japs. Saipan. June, 1944.
Signal Corps Archive:
Use of 2-wheeled native ox-drawn carts to haul ammo and supplies.
Signal Corps Archive:
3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines, with oxen utilized to carry their gear and ammunition, march along road towards Jap positions. Saipan. June, 1944.
Signal Corps Archive:
Thought to be the first Japanese war dog captured in the Pacific theater of war, this thoroughbred German Shepard was taken by Marines behind the frontlines during the battle for Saipan Island.
Signal Corps Archive:
Originator of the idea to use ox-drawn carts to haul ammo, water and medical supplies to U.S. Marines fighting fighting in the hills of Saipan where modern trucks and jeeps could not go...
Signal Corps Archive:
Marines attached to 23rd Marines rest at front after attacking Jap positions. Goats rummage among banana trees to the right. Saipan. June, 1944.
Signal Corps Archive:
Pigs forage in front of wrecked Jap tank knocked out by Marine grenade and bazooka fire. Another Jap tank is in background. 16 June, 1944.
Signal Corps Archive:
1000 yards back of the frontlines, Marines of the 18th Assault Engineers commandeer native ox and cart for transportation.
Signal Corps Archive:
Marines using ox carts to move up through the front lines.
Signal Corps Archive:
A Marine takes a drink of milk just obtained from the cow beside him. Saipan. June, 1944.
Signal Corps Archive:
Pvt. Ben Lucas of 942 Green Bay Ave., Calumet, Ill. with a Jap ox and cart that he uses to haul ammunition on Saipan. June, 1944.
Signal Corps Archive:
"H" Hour Marines hit the beach and the deck (fall flat) under fire of Jap guns on Saipan.
Signal Corps Archive:
Members of the 8th Marines who came in on the 5th wave, just after landing on the beach. Saipan. 15 June, 1944.
Signal Corps Archive:
Marines advancing on beach. Saipan. 15 June, 1944.
Signal Corps Archive:
Living off the enemy: These men were observed going across fields to their own unit by ox cart.
Signal Corps Archive:
First wave of Marines to hit Saipan beach. 15 June, 1944.
Signal Corps Archive:
Scene on Green Beach 2, at 0840, D-Day. Sgt. Matjasic was wounded while taking these pictures. 15 June, 1944.
Signal Corps Archive:
This is Private Gerald Sweeney and his jumping frog, Philly Mignon.
Signal Corps Archive:
3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines, and oxen pulling their ammunition, march along road toward Jap positions. Saipan. June, 1944.
Signal Corps Archive:
Cpl. William B. Johnson, 20, (866706), 1419 Galveston St., Laredo, Texas; Pfc. Derwood E. Pelton, 24, (476099), 814 So. Gevers St., San Antonio, Texas.
Signal Corps Archive:
Marine with ox hauls supplies. Saipan. 24 June, 1944.
Signal Corps Archive:
Goats observe Marines at observation post. Saipan. June, 1944.
Signal Corps Archive:
Marines use native ox and cart to haul ammunition to artillery position. Saipan. June, 1944.
Signal Corps Archive:
U.S. Marines started using two-wheeled oxen-drawn native carts to haul ammo and supplies into the hills and wounded back, over roads where even modern trucks and jeeps could not go.
Signal Corps Archive:
"Back to the hills" was the order, and "Nanny" the goat and her two kids had to bow before the needs of war. Saipan. January, 1945.
