U.S. troops in a beach area for the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II. A trooper stands in the foreground. Barrage balloons in the sky. A bulldozer tows vehicles from an LCT.
Japanese prisoners aboard a U.S. ship off the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan. A vehicle burns on a beach in the background. Captured Japanese prisoners in a LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) alongside a transport ship. Prisoners being guarded by U.S. Marines. Japanese prisoners on decks of ship being guarded. Prisoners in Navy dungarees stand about on decks of the ship.
Invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by U.S. forces during World War II. A U.S. BB (battleship) shells the beach. Mount Surabachi being attacked by shell fire. Smoke rising from Iwo Jima island.
Invasion of Iwo Jima by U.S. forces in World War II. A United States BB (battleship) shells the beach. Mount Surabachi being attacked by shell fire. Smoke rising from Mount Surabachi and island. Coastline of Iwo Jima. A United States DD (destroyer) fires toward the island. Smoke rises in the background.
After the battle of Tarawa in Pacific Theater. Marine Major General HM Smith and Air Force Major General Willis H Hale, commander of the 7th Army Air Force, talk to each other on a beach in Tarawa. Two Air Force officers talk to Army nurses. Officers enter R4D plane. (World War II period).
U.S. Navy World War II battleship, destroyers, heavy cruiser and light cruiser bombard the Island of Tarawa in Pacific Theater, in November 1943. Smoke rises from the beach. A 16" gun on board USS Maryland (BB-46) bombards Tarawa. Shells burst in air and island obscured by smoke. Depth charges explode in water as light cruiser continues to bombard the island. Ship at timecode 2:34 and 3:10 is a heavy cruiser of the Portland or Northhampton class, based on catapults with sea planes located at mid ship. Based on ship assignments and locations at that time, this would make it either the USS Chester (CA-27), the USS Portland (CA-33), or the USS Indianapolis (CA-35).
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