This week in WWII history: USS Elmore (APA-42)

This week in WWII history: the USS Elmore (APA-42) was part of the invasion of the Marianas in June, 1944. The Mariana Islands have been a key Pacific strategic point for hundreds of years, located in the east Phillippine Sea.

In WWII, these islands were occupied by Japanese forces and eventually liberated by the Allies.