Bombardment by U.S. 3rd Marine Division on Iwo Jima. Hospital ship USS Samaritan (AH-10) in foreground. Other ships in the bay. Fire in the background. An invasion fleet off Iwo Jima. Fire burns on the island. (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.
Japanese civilians and Japanese and Okinawan officials on Okinawa, during American occupation in World War II. Officials at a desk as they note down on papers. Civilians lined up in front of the officials at desks to get themselves registered. Civilians hand over papers to officials as they write on a paper. Civilians in a queue. Brief scene of civilian women receiving food grains from trucks and carrrying them away in containers on their heads.
The operations of the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa during World War II. Marines advance along the way. They fire guns. Smoke arises due to firing. Corpses being inspected. A wounded Japanese soldier crawls from his nest. Marines and Japanese troops skirmish in a wooded area. An airstrip is captured and graded. Dummy tanks and planes and a "Baka" suicide plane being inspected (A Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka). Soldiers stand near an aircraft. Planes take off from the runway.
The operations of the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa during World War II. Marines on tanks as they advance in the area. Some marines stand along the way. Suicide boats, packed with explosives and intended for launching down a hill and into a stream being inspected. Wrecked rail roads.
The operations of the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa during World War II. Smoke protects marines as they cross an open slope. Marines fire guns. Trees in the area.