Iwo Jima invasion during World War II. A group of amphibious vessels, DD (destroyer) firing in the foreground. A battleship firing onto the beach. DD firing on Mount Suribachi. DD underway at sea. A landing craft in the background. An Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) in water. Aircraft in flight over water. U.S. Navy Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft in flight over beach. The landing craft moves onto the beach. Explosions on beach, the landing craft moving in. DD firing on Mt. Suribachi, LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) seen.
Landing crafts underway off the shore of Iwo Jima during the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II. Japanese ammunition dump in flames. Men on deck of LST (Landing Ship Tank) watch in the foreground. LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) lined up on a beach and other landing craft underway. Landing craft loaded with U.S. troops, head towards the beach. Plane flies over an island.
Landing crafts and battleships underway off the shore of Iwo Jima during the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II. Landing crafts and amphibious craft underway. Men watch form landing craft in the foreground. Formation of U.S. Navy Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft in flight overhead. USS General Handy (APA-118) other crafts around ship.
Landing crafts and battleships underway off the shore of Iwo Jima during the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II. Formation of U.S. Navy Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft in flight overhead. Landing crafts and battleship underway. Mount Suribachi in the background. Battleships fire on the island. Explosions and smoke rise over the island.
Beachhead activities in Iwo Jima, Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II. Bulldozers move along beach, bow of LST (Landing Ship Tank) in the background. Damaged equipment on beach. U.S. soldier struggles with marine diesel motor. Beachhead scenes show general activities of LSTs on beach.
U.S. Army Engineers and their role in the preparations for the atomic bomb tests on Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands, as part of Operation Sandstone in April-May 1948. View of site for nuclear bomb testing. Engineer personnel leave the site and are transported by landing crafts. Landing crafts comes along side a ship. Crew climb cargo net up and come aboard the ship. Bombs explode on the site and smoke cloud rise during tests. Detonations shown include Test X-Ray, Test Yoke, and Test Zebra. The scenes that follow are all from before the tests, as engineers and personnel work to prepare the test site. Engineers work. Palm trees are removed. Crew works at construction site. Crane hoist construction material. Cubic yards of material are hoisted and placed by crane. Airstrips are built. Planes in flight. Various units in Joint Task Force 7 are recognized for their efforts in contributing to the success of the United States nuclear testing program in Operation Sandstone.
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