Invasion fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean towards Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. A battleship off the coast of Iwo Jima as it fires at the shore. A YMS (Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper) underway in the foreground. An LSM (Landing Ship Medium) underway towards the coast of Iwo Jima. A battleship fires at the coast. Smoke rises from the shore. Landing crafts in the foreground as the coast of Iwo Jima is being bombarded.
U.S. invasion of Iwo Jima during World War 2. A sailor eats a sandwich. U.S. Landing ship Infantry (LSI) No. 1029, firing rockets at the shore of Iwo Jima. Change of scene to aboard ship further from shore. Mount Suribachi visible in background. Other ships closer to shore. A U.S. Destroyer off the shore. A line of armed landing craft approaching Iwo Jima, headed by LCI-717. Views and closeup of USS Brule (APA-66) . Attack transports USS Cape Johnson (AP-172) and USS Fond du Lac (APA-644). the Destroyer Escort, USS Vammen (DE-644). The camouflaged Light Cruiser, USS Vicksburg (DL-86) bombarding the coast of Iwo Jima with 5 inch and 6 inch guns. A landing craft infantry approaching the shore, firing rockets. Large explosions in the water at a distance. USS LCI-65 returning from the shore. (Note: The ship at the 1:07 - 1:18 sec mark is a Pensacola class heavy cruiser and the ship at the 2:11 - 2:40 sec mark is the battleship USS North Carolina BB 55.)
Activities of United States Marine Corps off the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima, World War II. Mount Suribachi and Iwo Jima beach in view. Bow of a destroyer in the foreground. U.S. invasion fleet underway at sea. The marines fire guns in the foreground. Airplanes fly in formation over the beach. The shoreline of Iwo Jima as bombs burst. Smoke rises due to the firing. Corpsmen carry causalities on stretchers on the deck of USS Indianapolis.
Activities of United States Marine Corps near Iwo Jima, Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima, World War II. Bow section of Landing Ship Tank (LST-761). A Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) pulls away. A pontoon causeway on the side of the LST. The marines aboard a landing craft. Smoke rises due to bombing of Iwo Jima and Mount Suriobachi. A heavy cruiser bombards the beach. The LVT underway towards the beach. Iwo Jima in the background. PC-578 Landing Craft underway at sea. A Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) alongside. The LVT heads towards the beach loaded with marines. A Task Force on the horizon. A Tennessee class battleship bombard the beach. LVTs in the foreground. A Landing Craft heads towards the beach area. The marines in the LCVP heading for the beach. Smoke comes from Mount Suribachi. A Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) in the foreground. Explosions at the beach area. A wrecked freighter in the foreground. Two Landing Craft Tanks (LCTs) advance up the beach.
Medical units of U.S. military units in Iwo Jima, Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima, World War II. A marine points out the location of the medical units on a map using his hands and a pencil. He locates the medical units on the map of Iwo Jima while holding small cards giving division and units of evacuation hospitals. The cards read: 'Division Hospital 5th Marine Division', '1st Corps Evacuation Hospital'. A pencil points to the map and the coastal waters of Iwo Jima.
A dormant volcano crater of Mount Suribachi's near shoreline at Iwo Jima, in Japan. Aerial views of Iwo Jima from the north. Shoreline of Iwo Jima showing bombs bursting close to the shore. Transport planes drop supplies over Iwo Jima airfield. (World War II period).
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