Bombardment of Mount Suribachi in Iwo Jima, Japan as seen from the deck of an American destroyer underway off the Iwo Jima Coast. Large smoke columns obscure island and Mount Suribachi. Gun flashes in the foreground. Turrets of USS Wiley fires. Mount Suribachi under bombardment. Gun flashes and tracer fire in the foreground. U.S. battleships and destroyer off Iwo Jima bombard the coast. (World War II period).
88-mm antiaircraft guns (flake guns) aboard USS Indiana (BB-58) fired at Japanese Kamikaze (suicide dive bomber) off the Japanese coast. Kamikaze flies through heavy flake fire. One of the Kamikaze hit and crashes in water. Quad 40 mounts with expended shell casing in open mounts aboard the battleship. Row of single 20mm guns on the deck. Gun crew members stand aboard. Kamikaze flies through heavy flake fire. It dives into water after being hit. (World War II period).
A U.S. F-6F lands on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Bataan (CLV-29) underway off the Japanese coast. USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) burns and emits heavy black smoke. Antiaircraft flak guns fired at Japanese Kamikaze (suicide dive bomber). Kamikaze crashes in water after being hit. Another Japanese aircraft under heavy flak fire. It gets hit and crashes in water. (World War II period).
Gun crew rushes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Bataan (CLV-29) off the Japanese coast. Men assist a wounded across the flight deck. Wounded carried in stretcher on the flight deck.
A United States New Mexico class battleship (believed to be the USS Idaho) is seen underway off Okinawa in World War 2. Heavy flak (antiaircraft gun fire) in the sky. Japanese Kamikaze (suicide dive bombers) in the skies under heavy flak fire. Kamikaze dives and strikes a battleship that appears to be the USS Tennessee (BB-43) throwing up a ball of flame. In the background is a smoking Destroyer, probably the USS Zellars (DD777) which was already hit by one or two Kamikazes. The Zellars and Tennessee were a short distance ahead of the Idaho during the attack. The Zellars was dead in the water as the Idaho passed it.
American Destroyer underway off the Japanese coast. It approaches another ship from which the scenes are recorded. Crews set up lines and transfer a canvas mail bag to the destroyer. Scenes on the mail ship of a sailor writing in a journal, officers conversing, and a sailor napping on deck.
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