Shows the American attack on Iwo Jima. U.S. tanks roll on the beach to provide cover fire to troops pinned down due to heavy enemy fire. Troops advance from yellow beach. Japanese attack on U.S. troops from their fortified gun positions at green beach. Troops contact the commands ship for reinforcements. Carrier planes come to the aid and bomb enemy installations over the island. Support ships fire heavily over enemy installations. Americans cease fire on conquering Mount Suribachi. Iconic shot of five U.S. marines and a U.S. Navy corpsman as they raise the American Flag atop Mount Suribachi. Navy and coast guards debark from landing crafts at the shore. Troops advance. Wounded soldiers being aided. (World War II period).
Shows the American attack on Iwo Jima. U.S. troops under heavy Japanese fire. Rocket trucks fire rockets at the enemies. Troops under fire from heavy enemy defense over the ridge. Troops rest and tend to the wounded. Troops call for artillery support. Scenes of artillery battle between the Americans and Japanese during night time. A U.S. ammunition dump explodes. (World War II period).
Shows American attack on Iwo Jima. American troops fire at Japanese soldiers hidden under trenches, caves and pillboxes. U.S. troops burnout enemy hideouts using flamethrowers. Burnt bodies of Japanese soldiers in trenches. Troops pray. Destroyed vessels and crafts. Helmets of the dead soldiers are stacked. U.S. aircraft takes off from an airstrip on Iwo Jima. Aircraft in formation at a high altitude. (World War II period).
U.S. invasion of Iwo Jima during World War 2. A sailor eats a sandwich. U.S. Landing ship Infantry (LSI) No. 1029, firing rockets at the shore of Iwo Jima. Change of scene to aboard ship further from shore. Mount Suribachi visible in background. Other ships closer to shore. A U.S. Destroyer off the shore. A line of armed landing craft approaching Iwo Jima, headed by LCI-717. Views and closeup of USS Brule (APA-66) . Attack transports USS Cape Johnson (AP-172) and USS Fond du Lac (APA-644). the Destroyer Escort, USS Vammen (DE-644). The camouflaged Light Cruiser, USS Vicksburg (DL-86) bombarding the coast of Iwo Jima with 5 inch and 6 inch guns. A landing craft infantry approaching the shore, firing rockets. Large explosions in the water at a distance. USS LCI-65 returning from the shore. (Note: The ship at the 1:07 - 1:18 sec mark is a Pensacola class heavy cruiser and the ship at the 2:11 - 2:40 sec mark is the battleship USS North Carolina BB 55.)
Activities of the U.S. soldiers during the Battle of Iwo Jima in Japan during World War II Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) 707 in camouflaged paint underway as it fires rockets. Ordnance men fill rocket launching racks with rockets.
Activities of the U.S. soldiers during the Battle of Iwo Jima in Japan during World War II. U.S. soldiers inspect a relief map of Iwo Jima. They locate areas on the map.
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