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From the S&S archives: Operation Saddle Up

Photos by Sandy Colton, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Friday, June 12, 1959

Landing craft carrying "invasion forces" churn toward the beaches at Kota Belud, North Borneo, on the first day of Operation Saddle Up. A troop ship of the task force is in the background at right.

A marker on the left flank indicates where Marines are to land. Dense jungle begins only a few yards beyond the beach.

U.S. Marines from the 3rd Marine Division on Okinawa hit the beach on British North Borneo during Operation Saddle Up.

A U.S. Marine Corps bulldozer helps pull a Jeep ashore on Red Beach during the first day of Saddle Up.

Ghurka troops, part of the British forces, head inland.

Keeping lines of communication open as the "invasion force" moves inland.