Pre-invasion view of Iwo Jima from a U.S. airplane flying off shore. A jeep escorts a Staff car carrying two U.S. Navy officers who are greeted by other officers as they step from their car. Quonset huts in the background. The officers proceed to an open field where 17 members of the 302nd Naval Construction Battalion stand in formation. One officer reads a citation and then several officers proceed to decorate the sailors with purple hearts. At conclusion of ceremony, the officers salute. A color guard carries the American flag and the flag of the 302nd Naval Construction Battalion.
Causalities during the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by United States during World War II. United States 5th Marines Division, 5th Medical Battalion,C Company corpsmen transfer litter wounded on a pontoon barge from a LST (Landing ship Tank). A stretcher casualty hoisted from tank deck of LST through an open hatch. Casualties on litters being lowered to pontoon barge alongside the LST. Corpsmen load litters onto a pontoon barge. A crane operator operates a large crane on the deck of LST.
Causalities during the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by United States during World War II. A litter wounded being loaded aboard a LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel). Navy hospital ship USS Samaritan (AH-10) at anchor. Wounded aboard the LCVP underway in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy PBM mariner at sea. LCVP comes along side USS Lubbock( APA-197). Litter wounded being hoisted aboard the USS Lubbock.
Religious service prior to United States invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Marines gathered on the deck of a ship for Ash Wednesday services. A Catholic Chaplain conducts the service. The Chaplain serves the Eucharist to the Marines and imposes a holy cross of ashes on the foreheads of the Marines.
A ship heads towards Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. The anchor chain slides through hawse pipe. The anchor comes out of water. The chain being pulled up. The anchor hangs at the mouth of the hawse pipe.
Marines aboard a ship as it heads towards Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. A Marine sleeps on the deck of the ship as other Marines light a matchstick and place it near his shoe. The Marines place a burning matchstick near the other shoe of the Marine.