United States Marines load material on a Landing Ship Tank (LST) in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Marines carrying their baggages move inside the well deck of LST. Soldiers with their barrack on bags march towards the LST. Supply trucks near the LST. Marines take off supplies from a truck and push them on skids to the LST.
United States Marine soldiers aboard Landing Ship Tank (LST) sail towards Japanese mainland from Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. A convoy of landing ships sail in column with U.S. marines loaded on them. Marines and sailors aboard a LST on the conning tower send semaphone message. The sun sets. The soldiers keep a watch.
United States Marine soldiers aboard Landing Ship Tank (LST) in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Soldiers and officers in the conning tower of a LST. Marines aboard the LST take their food sitting on its deck. The soldiers collect their meal and walk towards the deck.
United States Marines aboard Landing Ship Tank (LST) in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. A convoy of LSTs sailing in sea. LST 782 sails in sea with cargo doors open. Marines loaded on DUKWs come down ramp into water. Marines with their rifles and full gear sail towards the shore. A number of other DUKW vehicles sailing towards the shore.
U.S. Marines during invasion of Iwo Jima in World War II. Marines carry wounded men on stretchers to Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boats, waiting in the surf. Higgins boats; an LCI(G) gunboat; and a Fletcher-class destroyer are seen, offshore, in the background. A double column of marines marching with full field gear along a dirt road. They pass other marines climbing aboard a DUKW headed in the opposite direction. Marines lift a jeep from a DUKW, and place it on the ground, using an A-Frame crane hoist installed on another DUKW. Sequence shifts to the beach, where wounded are seen in a Higgins boat. Coast guard crewmen close the ramp door of the boat so it can proceed away from the shore. Gunboats and ships in background. Next, a Higgins boat hits the beach and marines climb out through the surf, carrying ammunition boxes. They are followed by a jeep driving off the boat. In this same scene, other Higgins boats are seen heading to the shore and the Fletcher-class destroyer, and gun boats are visible in the background. A Higgins boat from the USS Lenawee (APA-195) hits the beach and marines rush ashore from it carrying spools of communications wire and other supplies.
United States soldiers during the assault on Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. U.S. Marines walk with an injured soldier on a stretcher. Two marines support injured soldiers to walk over a ridge. An injured soldier smokes a cigarette while a medic applies bandage to his back.