United States Marines during the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan in World War II. Bow section of (Landing Ship Tank) LST-940. LCT (Landing Craft Tank) on deck of LST. U.S. Navy TBF aircraft in flight. Men on the bridge of LST as they look out. A landing craft moves past in the foreground. Assault force at Iwo Jima and Mount Suribachi in the background. Explosions occur on the beach. Camouflaged LSTs in the foreground. Men on deck of LST. Smoke rises from a LST after it is hit. LCT on deck of a camouflaged LST. LSTs fire at the beach of Iwo Jima. Silhouette of a man on the flying bridge of LST. Four aircraft in flight. Mt. Suribachi and LSTs at anchor. Aircraft fly overhead. Marine on flying bridge of the LST. A coast guardsman wearing life jacket and steel helmet. Stern section of a transport ship. LCVPs (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) start to rendezvous out in water. Landing crafts get ready for assault.
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.
United States Marines during the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan in World War II. LSTs (Landing Ship Tanks) off the coast of Iwo Jima as an aircraft flies overhead. Mt. Suribachi in the background. Phosphorus shells burst on th coast of Iwo Jima. LCT (Landing Craft Tank) underway. Explosions occur on the summit of Mt. Suribachi. Invasion fleet off the shore of Iwo Jima. Small landing crafts on their way towards the beach. Aircraft in flight over the area. Battleships and transport ships in the background as landing crafts approach the coast.
United States Marines during the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan in World War II. U.S. Navy PB4Y aircraft in flight over the area. LSTs (Landing Ship Tanks) and other vessels off the shore and Mt. Suribachi in the background. Ships in the foreground as smoke rises from the Iwo Jima coastline. PB4Y aircraft in flight. Landing crafts approach the coast. A LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) underway towards the coast.
United States invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Gun emplacement on Workman island. A Field howitzer being fired from the gun pit. A Marine fuses a howitzer shell. Gun being fired and smoke rises. A field pack of Sargent John Basilone being examined by two Marines. A Marine examines clothes of Corporal Anthony Cirello. Shells burst and smoke rises.
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.