Invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by United States during World War II. LCPs (Landing Crafts Personnel) and LCMs (Landing Crafts Mechanized) head towards the Iwo Jima coast. Mount Suribachi and LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) in the foreground. Explosions occur on the coast. A Japanese bomber dives as explosions occur at the coast. LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) loaded with Marines heads towards the coast. Wreckage of an aircraft on the beach of Iwo Jima. LCVP loaded with Marines head for the beach. Marines advance up the side of the beachhead. Marines advance across volcanic ash. A Marine bent on knee on a hill and other men in the background as he digs. Four Marines advance over a shell crater. Two LCMs and a LCP tied alongside each other. A jeep aboard a LCVP which comes along side a transport ship. Jeep aboard an LCVP underway at sea. Marines on the deck of a transport ship as they prepare to go ashore. Equipment on the deck of the transport ship. Assault force underway at sea.
Invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by United States during World War II. LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) loaded with Marines of the 5th Marine Division underway towards the beach. Mount Suribachi and coast of Iwo Jima in the background. Point of view shots from camera position inside landing craft as it approaches beach landing. Close up views of Marines on board as they ready for beach landing. Smoke rises from Mt Suribachi as explosions occur. LVTs (Landing Vehicles Tracked) underway in water. Destroyer and battleships in the background. Coast of Iwo Jima as LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) comes close to the shore. Rockets burst on the beach in the background. Marines in a LCM as it hits the beach. Bow ramp of the LCM being lowered and Marines go ashore.
United States Marines during the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan in World War II. Bow section of (Landing Ship Tank) LST-940. LCT (Landing Craft Tank) on deck of LST. U.S. Navy TBF aircraft in flight. Men on the bridge of LST as they look out. A landing craft moves past in the foreground. Assault force at Iwo Jima and Mount Suribachi in the background. Explosions occur on the beach. Camouflaged LSTs in the foreground. Men on deck of LST. Smoke rises from a LST after it is hit. LCT on deck of a camouflaged LST. LSTs fire at the beach of Iwo Jima. Silhouette of a man on the flying bridge of LST. Four aircraft in flight. Mt. Suribachi and LSTs at anchor. Aircraft fly overhead. Marine on flying bridge of the LST. A coast guardsman wearing life jacket and steel helmet. Stern section of a transport ship. LCVPs (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) start to rendezvous out in water. Landing crafts get ready for assault.
U.S. Navy battleship USS Nevada underway in the Pacific Ocean towards Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Smoke rises from the coast of Iwo Jima due to artillery fire. Invasion fleet off the coast of Iwo Jima. U.S. Navy battleship USS Nevada underway in the Pacific Ocean. A lookout aboard the ship uses binoculars. A sailor aboard the ship with anti-flash paint on his face. The muzzles of a dual mount 5 inch guns. The 5 inch 38s turret guns fire. A Japanese aircraft in flight crashes to the water after being hit by U.S. ship anti-aircraft fire. Invasion fleet off the shore. A pile of expended casings. Close views of a Marine opening a pack of K rations and eating it.
Invasion fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean towards Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. A bulldozer being loaded over the side of a ship in the evening. Mt. Suribachi and landing crafts in the foreground. Smoke rises from the coast as it is being bombarded. Smoke rises from Mt. Suribachi as bombardment continues. Aircraft fly in formation over Iwo Jima. An officer on the bridge wearing headsets. Mt. Suribachi and Iwo Jima as shells explode on the coast.
Invasion fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean towards Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Landing crafts approach the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan. Smoke rises from the coast of Iwo Jima in the background. Landing crafts head towards the beach. Mount Suribachi and the coastline under smoke cover as it is being bombarded.