Activities of the United States Marine Corps at Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Base of Mount Suribachi under bombardment. Airplanes strafe the area. Airplanes in flight in formation over the area, dropping bombs. Mount Suribachi explodes as sticks of bombs fall. Airplane in flight over Suribachi, drops stick of bombs. Bombs burst at base. Marines in foxholes in the foreground. Base of Mount Suribachi as tracer fire from airplanes strikes mount.
Activities of the United States Marine Corps in the battle for Iwo Jima, Japan, during World War II. U.S. Marines load and fire 105mm howitzer point blank against Japanese fortified positions on Mount Suribachi.. Heavy smoke arises due to explosions. U.S. carrier-based F4F Wildcat aircraft makes shallow runs on Mount Suribachi and fire rockets. Rockets explode at base of the mountain. Marine howitzer battery in position on the beach. Marines unloading wooden cases of artillery shells from landing craft.
Activities of United States Marine Corps 5th Division in Iwo Jima, Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima, World War II. U.S. Marines fire a field howitzer at Mount Suribachi in the evening. Heavy columns of smoke rise due to explosions at the base and tracer fire. The marines at a range finder.
Activities of United States Marine Corps 5th Division in Iwo Jima, Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima, World War II. A 105 mm field howitzer in position on a beach. The marines load and fire the howitzer at Mount Suribachi in the foreground. Smoke rises due to firing. The marines discuss amongst themselves. They look at a wound on a marine's back. A Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) on the beach in the background.
Activities of the United States Marine Corps 5th Division off the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima, World War II. A Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) loaded with troops underway at sea. Marines on the deck of a Landing Ship Tank (LST). Marines debark from the LST and go down landing nets to the LCVP alongside. Troops in the LCVP underway. An American flag flies from the flag mast aboard the LCVP. Other landing boats underway in the background. Two marines discuss amongst themselves.
Activities of United States Marine Corps off the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima, World War II. Mount Suribachi and Iwo Jima beach in view. Bow of a destroyer in the foreground. U.S. invasion fleet underway at sea. The marines fire guns in the foreground. Airplanes fly in formation over the beach. The shoreline of Iwo Jima as bombs burst. Smoke rises due to the firing. Corpsmen carry causalities on stretchers on the deck of USS Indianapolis.