Allied invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. A Marine speaks over a phone. A wounded Japanese on a stretcher being loaded onto an ambulance truck. Smoke rises from Red Beach in Iwo Jima. A Marine swaps his shoes for Japanese shoes on a beach. A wrecked tank. A Marine carrying a rifle.
Allied invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. A Japanese howitzer canon fires at a beach resulting in explosions. Landing Ship Tanks at the beach. U.S. Marines raise American flag on Mount Suribachi. (This is the event on which the Marine Corps Memorial, or Iwo Jima Memorial sculpture is based). A group of combat Marines pose and cheer after the flag raising.
Allied invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Various amphibious assault and support ships in a harbor as seen from a hill. A DUKW (amphibious truck) loaded with dead personnel. A beach strewn with American and Japanese dead. A combat Marine with a dog mascot. He feeds the dog. Another Marine with a cat.
Allied invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. United States Marines advance across an area. A wounded tank driver being assisted across an exposed, open area toward a first aid station by a infantry man. A 30 caliber M1919 machine gun emplacement.
Allied invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Signal Corps men string communication lines on the island. United States Marine infantry men with carbines and a dog as they walk across a beach. Entrance to mountainous caves dug by the Japanese. The Marines on a hill.
Allied invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Wounded U.S. Marines lying on litters being loaded into a DUKW (amphibious truck). The DUKW goes down the beach and into the water.