The battle of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Wounded marine being assisted. Marine tank driver being assisted back to the first aid station by infantrymen. Trees in the the background. Caliber machine gun emplacement.
7th War Bond drive opens at Times Square in New York City, during World War 2. A large number of people gathered at the occasion. Crowd gathered around a statue of the flag raising on Mount Suribachi in Iwo Jima, Japan. (This is the original plaster edition created by sculptor Dr. Felix W. de Weldon, which served as the model for the future Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington Virginia). Soldiers seated as they look at the flag raising statue. Three survivors of the flag raising raise the American flag at the ceremony to promote the sale of bonds during the 7th War Bond drive: Pfc. Rene A. Gagnon, Pfc. Ira Hayes and PhM 2/c John H. Bradley, USN.
American air attack on Japanese cities during World War II. A U.S. Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress aircraft in flight as it drops bombs over an airplane factory in Nagasaki. Bombs impact and billows of smoke rise up. A map depicts the air strike on Tokyo by U.S. aircraft that took off from Saipan, Mariana Islands. During an American air attack on Iwo Jima, Japan U.S. Army Air Force P-51 Mustangs shoot down Japanese aircraft. A Japanese airplane descends as smoke rises. B-29 aircraft in formation flight as bombs are being dropped and smoke rises. A damaged B-29 comes in for landing at an air base. The damaged B-29 aircraft. U.S. Army Air Force aircraft lined up at an air field.
United States invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. U.S. cargo ships and attack transport ships underway as sunrises in the background. 20 mm gun barrel silhouetted in the foreground. Ships underway in the background. Men silhouetted at rail in the foreground. A convoy of ships underway at sea. A group of LSTs (Landing Ship Tanks) underway. Landing boats in operation.
United States LST-782 off the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. A signal man aboard (Landing Ship Tank) LST -782 as he sends a blinker signal. Chief Petty Officer by his side as he takes down a message. A message on a clipboard. Signal man holds the message as he sends it through the blinker.
United States Navy LST-782 off the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. A clipboard with a message on it. Quartermaster takes out a signal flag bag aboard LST-782 (Landing Ship Tank). A signal man sends up a flag hoist out of the flag bag. Flag hoist at the yardarm. Signalman sends up a hoist. Signalman takes flags out of the flag bag. Two signalmen execute the flag hoist. Signalmen send up the hoist. Four signal men bring down and send up signal hoists.