Causalities during the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by United States during World War II. United States 5th Marines Division, 5th Medical Battalion,C Company corpsmen transfer litter wounded on a pontoon barge from a LST (Landing ship Tank). A stretcher casualty hoisted from tank deck of LST through an open hatch. Casualties on litters being lowered to pontoon barge alongside the LST. Corpsmen load litters onto a pontoon barge. A crane operator operates a large crane on the deck of LST.
Causalities during the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by United States during World War II. A medic dresses the wounds of an injured Marine in a wardroom aboard the USS Lubbock. Blood plasma being given to an injured Marine. Medic inserts the needle of a peripheral line into the skin of the injured. A man holds a bottle of blood plasma. Bottle being hanged on a hook. A wound being dressed by the medics as the injured Marine smokes a cigarette. Wounded lying in beds with their name tags. Medics fill up details on the tags.
United States Marines during the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by United States in World War II. Marines aboard a LST (Landing Ship Tank) as they work on steel frame structures to construct antennas as aircraft warning equipment. Man use a hoist to pull up a part of radar gear onto antennae. Men work on the electronic gear on the deck of LST. Men assemble warning equipment aboard LST. A gunner's mate pass out carbine to Marines. Radar being assembled as men pull up steel frame structures and put them together.
United States Marines during the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan in World War II. A silhouetted LST (Landing Ship Tank) underway at sea. Other LSTs at the horizon. A man speaks over the phone. A destroyer in the background. Marines pass out C rations to others aboard a LST. C ration cans and packs on a crate. A sign on a box reads ' special assault ration' Marines being handed over the ration.
Religious service prior to United States invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Marines gathered on the deck of a ship for Ash Wednesday services. A Catholic Chaplain conducts the service. The Chaplain serves the Eucharist to the Marines and imposes a holy cross of ashes on the foreheads of the Marines.
A ship heads towards Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. The anchor chain slides through hawse pipe. The anchor comes out of water. The chain being pulled up. The anchor hangs at the mouth of the hawse pipe.