Causalities during the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by United States during World War II. A litter wounded being loaded aboard a LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel). Navy hospital ship USS Samaritan (AH-10) at anchor. Wounded aboard the LCVP underway in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy PBM mariner at sea. LCVP comes along side USS Lubbock( APA-197). Litter wounded being hoisted aboard the USS Lubbock.
United States Army personel during the invasion of Okinawa, Japan by United States in World War 2. Two Army Signal Corps soldiers work on an mobile antenna on a field mobile communications truck aboard a LST (Landing Ship Tank) underway in the Pacific Ocean. Deck of the LST loaded with deck cargo. African American Army personnel aboard ship being given cigarettes. U.S.C.G. sailor, named McGuire, in dungarees seated on back of an LCVP(Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel). Wake made by LCVP with gun shields in the foreground. Soldiers being issued cartons of cigarettes. Bow-on view of LST-674. Starboard view of LST-759. Minesweeper, YMS-478, underway as sailors on the forecastle toss over a line. A movie being transferred to LST from YMS. Men on the forecastle of the minesweeper receive the movie film reels in cases, via over water line transfer.
United States Marines during the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan in World War II. A line of LCVPs (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) underway in the Pacific Ocean. African American assault troops in a LCM (Landing Craft , Mechanized). African American assault troops climb down a landing net from LST to a landing craft. Troops in LCVP underway towards the beach.
U.S. Navy attack transport USS Cecil (APA-96) underway in the Pacific Ocean towards Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Communication wire on reel being lowered over the side of the U.S. Navy attack transport USS Cecil. The coast of Iwo Jima partially covered by smoke screen. The USS Cecil underway amidst the smoke screen.
U.S. Navy attack transport USS Cecil underway in the Pacific Ocean towards Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. U.S. Navy destroyer USS Irwin comes along side the attack transport USS Cecil. A small pack being transferred from the destroyer to USS Cecil. The pack moves along a line connecting the two ships. Men on the deck of the destroyer. Ships in the background. A turret at the bow of the destroyer.
U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Charles Lockwood, Commander of Submarine Force Pacific Fleet, aboard a U.S. Navy submarine USS Catfish underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. The Admiral on the conning tower of the submarine. A man coming to anchor position. Marines play with dog mascot, a bulldog aboard the submarine. Vice Admiral Lockwood shakes hands with an officer.