Activities of the U.S. Navy during the Battle of Iwo Jima in Japan during World War II. U.S. Navy Admiral Richmond Turner and U.S. Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal on flag bridge reading messages. They watch the target area through binoculars. Mount Suribachi, flag locker in the foreground. Smoke column rises from the base of Mount Suribachi. Soldiers fire gun from a destroyer. Smoke arising from explosions.
Activities of the U.S. soldiers at Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Soldiers aboard Landing Ship Medium (LSM) underway at sea. Wounded on deck of the LSM. Soldiers carry the wounded on stretchers and transfer them from LSM to main deck of USS Nevada.
Activities of the U.S. soldiers at Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Landing craft in the foreground. Ships maneuvering. Destroyers in the foreground. Airplane in flight over the beach. Tracer fires at Mount Suribachi. Soldiers on the deck of ship firing 40 mm gun towards Iwo Jima.
Activities of the U.S. 5th Marine Division at Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Lines of Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVTs) underway at sea heading towards the beach. White ointment on a marine's face. Smoking Iwo Jima beach, bow of LVT in the foreground. Other LVTs underway at sea. Explosion on Mount Suribachi. Iwo Jima beach in view as landing craft approaches a battleship close into the shore. LVTs underway towards the beach loaded with personnel. Destroyers underway at sea near the shoreline.
Activities of the U.S. 5th Marine Division at Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II Cruisers and destroyers bombard the beach. Marines aboard landing craft advancing towards the beach. Mount Suribachi in view. Explosions on the Iwo Jima beachhead. Explosions near a landing craft. Heavy columns of smoke arises from the base of Mount Suribachi.
Activities of the U.S. 5th Marine Division at Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Beach in view as troops advance up knoll. Marines pinned down by enemy fire on the beach. Smoking base of Mount Suribachi in the background. Troops advance towards the beach. Flame throwers crawl forward on the beach. Heavy columns of smoke arise due of firing.