United States Marine Corps raid the Japanese island of Iwo Jima, in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Amphibious tractors and Landing Crafts fully loaded with soldiers, advance speedily towards the beach. High tide sea waters. Marines look towards the coast line from a landing craft. Smoke and explosion at the beach. One LCVP leads all others behind it in the tides of sea waters.
United States Army and Navy preparations for raid on Japanese island of Iwo Jima, in the Pacific Theater of World War II. At the base, doctor briefs coast guards on bandages as they surround him. Heavy duty cranes hoist a light tank of U.S. Army, near a warehouse on the harbor of the base. Tank hoisted aboard a cargo ship. Coast guards adjust position of tank aboard.
United States Marine Corps at their base, prepare for raid on Japanese island of Iwo Jima, in the Pacific Theater of World War II. At the base flat cars loaded with troops move towards cargo ships. Marines unload from flat cars onto pier. A R5D plane flying in sky. Marines going up the gangway to transport. Marines hold sea bags and move out. Marines carrying sea bags walk out of pier warehouse and climb up the gangway.
United States Marine Corps at their base, prepare for raid on Japanese island of Iwo Jima, in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Large groups of Marines near the Amphibious Landing Vehicles on the beach. A SBD A-24 flies over them. Marines open their bags and inflate their rubber life belts. Marines aboard transport ship going for the raid on Iwo Jima. Marines sit on the deck and clean their guns and other weapons aboard
United States Marine Corps move for raid on Japanese island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Amphibious Landing Vehicles with large number of marines move speedily towards the beach of Iwo Jima. Fleet of amphibious tractors, ships and war boats racing for the coast. Smoke from explosions around the LCVs and at the beach line of Iwo Jima. Tides in sea waters by LCVs movement.
USS Augusta during visit of President Harry S. Truman of United States, to Berlin, after World War II. Two SOC Seagull observation planes catapulted from Augusta. Planes take off from ship and glide over sea. Seaplanes make landing in sea waters, man from one SOC holds hoist strings suspended from ship Augusta. SOC seaplane surfing on sea water, and then raised by hoist cranes on ship. Sailors fix plane to its mount on the deck. Other ships leading Augusta on its way.