United States ships in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Flaks burst in the sky. United States Naval fleet off the shore of Okinawa. Men on the deck of a ship. A white puff of smoke rises from the coast.
United States aircraft come aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A United States Navy Task Force underway at sea. Aircraft on the deck of the ship. An aircraft takes off as a signalman waves. The aircraft in flight. The fighter bomber aircraft return to the carrier after striking Japanese positions in China, Formosa and islands off the coast of Japan. The aircraft land and taxi on the flight deck. An aircraft lands and falls over the side of the aircraft carrier while taxing. The pilot is rescued and carried away on a stretcher. An aircraft takes off from the deck.
Invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by United States during World War II. United States Marines aboard a ship as they head towards Iwo Jima. A Catholic Mass being conducted aboard USS Talladega (APA-208). Marines with their heads lowered as a Chaplain conducts mass. Marines read from a holy book. Marines relax on the deck of the ship.
Invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by United States during World War II. United States Marines aboard a ship as they head towards Iwo Jima. Marines debark into a landing craft from a ship. Marines climb down a landing net and and get into small barges to go ashore to Iwo Jima. Marines come down the net and into a barge. Marines loaded in a LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) and in a LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) as they head towards the beach.
Invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by United States during World War II. United States Marines of the 5th Division pinned down on a beach in Iwo Jima. Corpsmen of the 5th Medical Battalion carry a wounded on a stretcher into a LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized) . A Corpsman treats the leg of a wounded Marine. Bandage being tied to the leg of the Marine. Corpsmen carry casualty across an open ground down to the beach. Crafts at the beach.
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.