Bombardment by U.S. 3rd Marine Division on Iwo Jima. Smoke rises and fire burns on the island. Mount Suribachi in the background. An invasion craft comes ashore. A U.S. Hospital ship and a small craft in the foreground. Coastline of Iwo Jima. Marine supplies are loaded from attack transport into medium landing ship along the side. (World War II period).
U.S. fleet heading for Iwo Jima beaches for invasion during World War II. A wave of LVTs (Landing Vehicle Tracked) and landing craft underway towards a beach. Cruiser near the beach. Cruiser firing towards the beach. LVTs heading in a wave towards the beach. LCI (Lading Craft, Infantry) heading towards the beach. Smoke rises from Mount Surabachi in the background.
Numerous crosses mark graves in the U.S. 5th Marine Division cemetery on Iwo Jima, during World War 2. Bodies of Marines killed in action are seen individually wrapped in white and carried with care on stretchers where they are placed in line within a long grave. Marines in the burial detail complete interments.
View from inside one of several U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 liberator bomber aircraft attacking Japanese positions on Iwo Jima in World War II. Dim aerial view of Iwo Jima from overflying Navy PB4Y. Smoke rising from isolated explosions on the ground. U.S. Navy warships, including battleships, cruisers, and gunboats, of Task Force 51, commanded by Vice Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, are visible but not individually identifiable from the air. smoke rising onshore as shells from navy guns explode. Smoke also seen from the barrels of the warships themselves, as they fire barrages. Large white clouds of smoke obscure the beaches of Iwo Jima as the warships begin firing white phosphorus shells. At the same time, large numbers of amphibious landing craft are assembled in lines ready to move toward the beach. Bright images of the battleship, USS Idaho (BB-42) bombarding Iwo Jima with her twelve 14-inch guns. View from the air over Iwo Jima during the naval bombardment.
Invasion of Iwo Jima in Japan by United States during World War II. A Chaplain conducts a communion aboard a United States attack transport ship underway in the Pacific Ocean. Marines kneeled down as Chaplain gives Eucharist to them. LCPR (Landing Craft, Personnel, Ramped) underway at sea. LCPR comes alongside the attack transport with several men aboard it. Men climb up the Jacob's ladder as they come aboard the ship. A Marine being helped as he comes aboard the transport ship. A man waves signal flag from an attack transport.
Activities of the U.S. soldiers during the Battle of Iwo Jima in Japan during World War II. U.S. soldiers inspect a relief map of Iwo Jima. They locate areas on the map.