Wounded U.S. Marines receive medical attention on Saipan Island. U.S.

Wounded U.S. Marines receive medical attention on Saipan Island. U.S. Navy medical corpsmen tend wounded American Marines at an aid station close behind the front lines on Saipan Island, key enemy defense base in the Marianas group of the Central Pacific. The Marines are part of the troops who stormed ashore on the strategic island in operations similar to the Allied landings in Frrance.