Landing crafts and battleship underway off the shore of Iwo Jima during the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II. LST (Landing Ship Tank) underway; BB (Battleship) firing in the background. DDs (destroyer) fires. Landing Crafts Infantry (LCIs) and Landing Crafts Mechanized (LCM) circling in water off the beach.
Landing crafts underway off shore Iwo Jima during the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II. Views of Mount Suribachi. Smoke rises from Mount Suribachi. Planes bombard Iwo Jima. Bombs hit and explosions rise. Landing crafts head towards the beach in the foreground.
Beachhead scenes in Iwo Jima during the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II. Beach scenes on Iwo Jima. Beachhead showing general activities, damaged equipment, men digging foxholes, gun positions and handling stored. DUKW (amphibious truck) underway on the shore. Beachhead shows cherry picker in motion. General beach activity, shipping in the background.
Beachhead activities in Iwo Jima during the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II. Tractor pulls mobile equipment ashore from bow of LST (Landing Ship Tank). Beach master signals aboard LST with flag. Bow of LST as it makes to the beach, second LST on beach in the background. Bow of LST as bow ramp is lowered. U.S. troops disembark from LST and move towards the beach.
Invasion activities in Iwo Jima during the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II. Rigging of USS Bayfield showing AKs (Cargo Ships) in line, underway. Sumner class DD (Destroyer) comes alongside with orders. Number 1 & 2 turrets of DD as line is passed for message. Sumner class DD underway.
A Landing Ship Medium (LSM) underway off the coast in Iwo Jima, Japan. Battleship, probably BB-38 USS Pennsylvania fires. Smoke rises from bow. A heavy cruiser and destroyer can be seen on horizon in background. Formation of planes in flight above the sea. View of the Iwo Jima beach as some tracked landing vehicles (LVTs) make their way towards the beach. Smoke from gun fire seen. Destroyer from port quarter, a second destroyer in the background. An Amphibious Force Command Ship (AGC) with a landing craft alongside. U.S. Navy officers use perolis on bridge of a ship. (World War II period).