Bombardment by U.S. 3rd Marine Division on Iwo Jima. Smoke columns rise from a beach. Infantry Landing Craft and Tank Landing Ship in the foreground. (World War II period).
Bombardment by U.S. 3rd Marine Division on Iwo Jima. Japanese phosphorous shells land and explode on a beach. A Hospital ship in the foreground. An invasion fleet in middle ground. (World War II period).
Bombardment by U.S. 3rd Marine Division on Iwo Jima. Navy hospital ship USS Solace (AH-5) in the foreground. An invasion fleet in middle ground. Mount Suribachi in the background. Wounded are hoisted aboard attack transport. (World War II period).
D-Day on Iwo Jima, Japan. Bombardment by U.S. 3rd Marine Division on the island. Damaged bow of USS Logan (APA-196) following collision with USS Napa (APA-157). Hospital ship USS Solace (AH-5) underway. Ships at the beach line. (World War II period).
Navy officers confer in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Bow section of a plane, with three-star emblem beneath the cockpit. U.S. Admiral Chester William Nimitz and U.S. Secretary of Navy James Forrestal come down a ladder and being greeted by officers. Forrestal and Nimitz talk with officers. A car pulls up. Navy personnel standing around.
U.S. Navy officer being briefed on ship near Iwo Jima, Japan. Naval officers on a ship and being briefed by an officer. Officer briefing enlisted men and officers. Officers and chief talk aboard the ship.