Natives in Leyte, Philippines, during World War 2. Native women stand in a river to wash clothes. One wears a broad brimmed hat. They wash their clothes. Several strike the clothes with paddles, to clean them. A buffalo under a tree. Native children wearing American overseas caps, skivvy shirts and holding pineapples.
A U.S. C-54 transport aircraft approaching Honolulu to land, with faint rainbow visible behind it. The aircraft lands and taxis in with outboard engines shut down, to the Military Air Transport Terminal on the airfield. An anchor and four stars on field of blue are displayed below the pilot's window. The aircraft parks and sailors quickly form an honor guard as the cabin door opens. Secretary of the Navy, James Forrestal, wearing a tropical pith helmet, steps from the airplane and is greeted by Rear Admiral John Towers and other officers. Secretary Forrestal is accompanied by Admiral Towers across the tarmac to a waiting car. He stops briefly to converse with Vice Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, before he and Admiral Towers enter the car.
Invasion of Iwo Jima in Japan by United States during World War II. A Chaplain conducts a communion aboard a United States attack transport ship underway in the Pacific Ocean. Marines kneeled down as Chaplain gives Eucharist to them. LCPR (Landing Craft, Personnel, Ramped) underway at sea. LCPR comes alongside the attack transport with several men aboard it. Men climb up the Jacob's ladder as they come aboard the ship. A Marine being helped as he comes aboard the transport ship. A man waves signal flag from an attack transport.
Invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by United States during World War II. A dual 40 mm gun with men in the gun tube and beach area in the background. LCP (Landing Craft Personnel) swung over side of USS Bayfield by a boom. Part of assault force rendezvousing out in water. Smoke rises from the coast of Iwo Jima and gun barrels in the background. A 30 Caliber Machine gun bombards Mt. Suribachi as smoke rises. Two LCPs alongside each other in water. Battleship and a destroyer underway at sea as a battleship bombards the coast. A battleship bombards the beach of Iwo Jima. A Nevada class battleship bombards the coast. A baker flag flies aboard a LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) Men with grease on their faces. Columns of white smoke rise from the beach of Iwo Jima. A capsized landing craft in water and a battleship in the background. Explosions occur on Mount Suribachi. A LCI -630 (Landing Craft Infantry) at sea.
Invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by United States during World War II. LCPs (Landing Crafts Personnel) and LCMs (Landing Crafts Mechanized) head towards the Iwo Jima coast. Mount Suribachi and LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) in the foreground. Explosions occur on the coast. A Japanese bomber dives as explosions occur at the coast. LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) loaded with Marines heads towards the coast. Wreckage of an aircraft on the beach of Iwo Jima. LCVP loaded with Marines head for the beach. Marines advance up the side of the beachhead. Marines advance across volcanic ash. A Marine bent on knee on a hill and other men in the background as he digs. Four Marines advance over a shell crater. Two LCMs and a LCP tied alongside each other. A jeep aboard a LCVP which comes along side a transport ship. Jeep aboard an LCVP underway at sea. Marines on the deck of a transport ship as they prepare to go ashore. Equipment on the deck of the transport ship. Assault force underway at sea.
Preparations for Invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by United States during World War II. Mechanic works on engines of U.S. Navy pb4y-1 (Navy version of USAAF B-24 Liberator bomber). A man cleans a detached nose gun. Another examines a gun aboard the pb4y-1 aircraft. An officer looks on as mechanics work on a pb4y-1. Officer talks to a mechanic. Men work on propellers of the aircraft as they rotate the propellers.
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