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.)
U.S. Coast Guard (CG) enlisted men engaged in vessel maintenance during World War 2. Men wearing jeans use a scraper, a chipping hammer, and an electric wire wheel to prepare the deck for new paint on the stern of a Landing Ship Tank (LST). Another enlisted man welds a cleat to the deck of the LST while underway.
Gasoline supply for the United States Army near Bad Nauhein, Germany during World War II. Huge stacks of five gallon tins and equipment for gasoline supplies in the area. Jerry Cans are filled by Italian prisoners. A United States soldier puts an end of a hose into a tank. Fuel trucks parked in the foreground.
Gas supply for the United States Army near Bad Nauhein, Germany during World War II. A truck convoy on a highway. A sign board reads: 'Can Collecting Point'. Trucks return with empty cans to the 3940th (Quarter Master) QM Gas Supply Depot where the cans are unloaded by soldiers.
Gas supply for the United States Army near Bad Nauhein, Germany during World War II. Trucks with empty cans return to the 3940th (Quarter Master) QM Gas Supply Depot. Soldiers refill the empty cans.
The north railroad yards and station in Hamm, Germany during World War II. A sign board reads: 'Hamm'. Soldiers in a jeep drive past the sign board. Bomb damaged railroad yards. Damaged rails and ties.
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