Straight as an arrow ... pointed towards Guam ...

Straight as an arrow ... pointed towards Guam ... is the wake left by the aircraft carrier in the background, while Navy planes form a pattern in the sky overhead. They are part of the triphibious assault which was launched against Guam on July 20, 1944, first United States possession to be retaken from the Japs since the beginning of the war. Saipan, first of the Marianas group to be invaded, was almost entirely in American hands by the time the landings were made on Guam. This second campaign, as well as the occupation of Tinian, third important island in the group, was simplified by the protective air coverage afforded by our control of airfields on Saipan, Resistance on Tinian ended August 1,while that on Guam ceased a week later.