'Action on Iwo Jima' depicts the Battle of Iwo Jima or Operation Detachment during World War II. United States Marines Divisions eliminate positions on Mount Suribachi. Mount Siribachi on the island coast. Additional waves of Marines arrive at the island. 3rd Marine Division arrives to enforce the 4th and 5th Divisions. Landing crafts and ships approach the shore amidst enemy fire and explosions. Crouched Marines in a Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP). Marines advance inland amidst mortar fire and machine gun fire by the Japanese. They advance across mine fields on the beach. Soldiers unload supplies from landing crafts and ships. They pull a tank across the beach. A view of the battle from inside a tank. Marines battle around Mount Suribachi. Advanced units scale cliffs and take cover against grenades and demolition charges from the Japanese in caves and pill boxes. The Marines use flames to flush Japanese soldiers out of dug in positions. A Japanese soldier takes cover from machine gun fire. Guns fired and explosions on the island.
U.S. Navy ships bombard the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Men aboard the ship. Explosions occur off the coast of Iwo Jima. A naval gun in the foreground. A ship fires depth charges and explosions occur in water. Flak bursts near the coast and smoke rises. A Japanese enemy airplane in the air under tracer fire.
Views of shells being fired by Allied warships at the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War 2. Explosions occur at the coast of Iwo Jima as the shells strike the island. A twin Bofors 40mm gun being fired from a warship. Fire and billows of smoke rising from the coastline. A crew loads a 3 inch-50 caliber fixed round into a gun aboard a warship. The round is then fired.
Aerial views of the United States invasion convoy as it bombards Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Many waves of landing crafts underway towards the beach of Iwo Jima, Japan. Island smoking as it is being bombarded. Destroyers and a heavy cruiser bombard the coast.
United States invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. A flag locker displays the various flags aboard a ship. A man prepares to hoist a flag. A battleship bombards the coast of Iwo Jima as smoke rises. Vessels at sea.
Invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by United States during World War II. Aerial view of the ships and landing crafts in the Pacific Ocean during the invasion. Aerial view of the beach with landing crafts and amphibious vehicles on the beach. Ships off the coast of Iwo Jima.