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).
Dedication ceremony of the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial (The Iwo Jima Memorial) in Arlington, Virginia, United States. Sculptor Felix de Weldon and photographer Joe Rosenthal shake hands with the statue of flag raising in the background. Chaplain says a prayer at a ceremony. Spectators seated with their hats off. President's car comes own the drive way followed by others. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower walks with Navy personnel. Vice President Richard Nixon talks to a Marine who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Nixon poses with the three survivors of the original flag raising at Iwo Jima. Statue of the flag raising at Iwo Jima. A sign at the base of the statue reads 'Felix de Weldon 1945-1954'.
Iwo Jima statue at White House in Washington DC. U.S. President Harry S Truman and sculptor look at Iwo Jima statue at White House. President Truman and other men look over Iwo Jima miniature statue. A Marine officer points out on Iwo Jima miniature statue. President Truman looks at statue.