Activities of the U.S. soldiers during the Battle of Iwo Jima in Japan during World War II Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) 707 in camouflaged paint underway as it fires rockets. Ordnance men fill rocket launching racks with rockets.
Activities of the U.S. Navy during the Battle of Iwo Jima in Japan during World War II. U.S. Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, U.S. Navy Admiral Richmond Turner and U.S. Marine Corps General Holland Smith on flag bridge of USS Eldorado. They watch the target area through binoculars and discuss amongst themselves. Secretary of the Navy smokes a pipe. Mount Suribachi in view in the foreground.
Activities of the U.S. Navy during the Battle of Iwo Jima in Japan during World War II. U.S. Navy Admiral Richmond Turner and U.S. Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal on flag bridge reading messages. They watch the target area through binoculars. Mount Suribachi, flag locker in the foreground. Smoke column rises from the base of Mount Suribachi. Soldiers fire gun from a destroyer. Smoke arising from explosions.
Activities of the U.S. soldiers at Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Soldiers aboard Landing Ship Medium (LSM) underway at sea. Wounded on deck of the LSM. Soldiers carry the wounded on stretchers and transfer them from LSM to main deck of USS Nevada.
Activities of the U.S. 5th Marine Division at Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Beach in view as troops advance up knoll. Marines pinned down by enemy fire on the beach. Smoking base of Mount Suribachi in the background. Troops advance towards the beach. Flame throwers crawl forward on the beach. Heavy columns of smoke arise due of firing.
Activities of the U.S. 5th Marine Division at Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Landing boats hit beach, troops disembark. Corpsmen provide medical aid wounded marine in a fox hole. Landing craft infantry (LCIs) retreat from beach under mortar fire. Marines advance towards the beach.