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Wreckage of American military vehicles and equipment at the beach of Iwo Jima island of Japan, during World War II.
Seven days after D-day in the Battle of Iwo Jima. Wreckage of American amphibious craft and war materiel in aftermath of amphibious assault by U.S. marines on Iwo Jima during World War 2. A solitary U.S. Marine climbs over section of wrecked Higgins Boat (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel-LCVP) on the shore of Iwo Jima. An undamaged Landing Craft Infantry Large--LCI(L) seen in in water in background. Closeup of the wrecked Higgins Boat. Camera shifts focus to some wrecked Landing Vehicles Tracked at the water's edge. Wreckage of a landing craft stenciled: "L5V2-13." The surf inundating the wreckage. A jeep mired in sand at the water edge. A jumble of broken boats and parts in the surf.
Wrecked landing vehicles and U.S. marine casualties on Iwo Jima during World War II
Destroyed American armor and U.S. marine casualties, on Iwo Jima in World War 2. Views of several Wrecked landing vehicles tracked (LVT) overturned on sands of Iwo Jima, during World War 2. Body of a marine under wreck of LVT(A)-1. Smoke rising in distance. LVTs racing across a flat area of Iwo Jima. U.S. marines carrying a wounded one on a stretcher. They place him down on the ground and check his wounds. Closeup of the wounded marine, speaking to them.
United States Marine Corps move in sea waters on boats and LCVs for raid on Japanese island of Iwo Jima, during World War II.
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.
The Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II
Scenes filmed by Navy and Marine combat photographers, of the Battle for Iwo Jima, in February and March, 1944, during World War 2. View from a boat offshore, of Mount Suribachi, on the Island of Iwo Jima. Warships of the U.S. 5th Fleet attack with naval gunfire, as landing craft manuever near shore. U.S. Marines aboard Landing Vehicles Tracked (LVTs) head for the beach, with the heavy cruiser, USS Baltimore (CA-68) in the background. U.S. Carrier-based Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft drops bombs on Mount Suribachi. Landing craft arriving at a fairly level area of beach. U.S. marines moving cautiously on the beachhead. The USS Baltimore and a Fletcher class destroyer offshore in background. Marines hunkered down with smoke rising near them, and then moving forward again, through the black sands. Closeup of a marine with flame thrower. Several U.S. Chance Vought F4U Corsair aircraft fly overhead, dropping bombs on the mountain. Marines continue to move forward, under constant fire from Japanese small arms. A heavy landing craft Infantry, LCI(H) moves toward shore in background. A DUKW ("Duck") coming ashore. Marines using a crane to offload a 105mm howitzer from a landing craft. As they raise the gun, the landing craft moves away and marines Hook the howitzer to a DUKW to help move it. Next, marines are seen setting up two 105s on the beachhead and firing them. Marines with more artillery pieces stacked on the beachhead. A gunboat, LCI (G), firing from close to the shore behind them. Marines digging in sand that the narrator calls the floor of an active volcano. Smoking sulphur gases are seen rising behind them. The USS Baltimore firing her guns from close to shore. Machine gun tracer rounds crossing the beachhead, as Naval gunfire resumes from offshore. Marines crawling and then occasionally sprinting forward across the sand dunes. (One carries a stretcher.) Four marines carrying one wounded back to the beachhead, on a stretcher. Two marines carry another between them. Marines scrambling over brush and rough ground. View from hillside of marines climbing up from below, as shell bursts only a few yards away. Scene shifts to later in the battle for Iwo Jima. A catapillar tractor is parked near bodies of Japanese soldiers strewn across the landscape. (Narrator notes that more than 14 thousand such dead had been counted by March 6, 1944.) Finally, the iconic moving images of U.S. marines raising the American flag over Mount Suribachi.
United States fleet of ships and boats off the beaches of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II.
U.S. fleet heading for Iwo Jima beaches for invasion during World War II. Fleet of ships and boats off the beaches of Iwo Jima. A U.S. DD (destroyer ship) fires guns at Iwo Jima, Japan. LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) moves towards a beach, smoke rises from the beach. Landing crafts and LVTs underway toward a beach.
Operation of United States Coast Guard in Okinawa and Iwo Jima, Pacific Theater during World War II
Overseas activities of United States Coast Guard in World War 2. February 19, 1945, U.S. Marines invade Iwo Jima in Pacific Theater. Naval guns and aircraft bombard Iwo Jima. Mountain in the background. Aircraft in flight. Marines and Coast Guardsmen aboard landing craft. Marines landing on Iwo Jima under heavy Japanese fire. Destroyed landing ships litter water's edge. Marines hunkered down and treating wounded, under fire. LSTs and other ships at established beachhead. Vehicles drive onto beach. April 1, 1945, Marines attack Okinawa. Navy warships bombard Okinawa with heavy guns and continuous rocket fire. Beachhead is established against light resistance. Japanese kamikaze aircraft attack American invasion ships. Several ships are hit and sunk. Surviving sailors are helped aboard rescue boats. Antiaircraft fire from American ships fills sky with smoke and flak. A kamikaze aircraft crashes in the sea. Sky filled with American bombers. Aerial view of Atomic bomb explosion over Nagasaki Japan on August 9, 1945. Raising American Flag on Japan homeland.
