United States Army personel during the invasion of Okinawa, Japan by United States in World War 2. Two Army Signal Corps soldiers work on an mobile antenna on a field mobile communications truck aboard a LST (Landing Ship Tank) underway in the Pacific Ocean. Deck of the LST loaded with deck cargo. African American Army personnel aboard ship being given cigarettes. U.S.C.G. sailor, named McGuire, in dungarees seated on back of an LCVP(Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel). Wake made by LCVP with gun shields in the foreground. Soldiers being issued cartons of cigarettes. Bow-on view of LST-674. Starboard view of LST-759. Minesweeper, YMS-478, underway as sailors on the forecastle toss over a line. A movie being transferred to LST from YMS. Men on the forecastle of the minesweeper receive the movie film reels in cases, via over water line transfer.
United States Marines during the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by United States in World War II. Marines aboard a LST (Landing Ship Tank) as they work on steel frame structures to construct antennas as aircraft warning equipment. Man use a hoist to pull up a part of radar gear onto antennae. Men work on the electronic gear on the deck of LST. Men assemble warning equipment aboard LST. A gunner's mate pass out carbine to Marines. Radar being assembled as men pull up steel frame structures and put them together.
United States Marines during the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan in World War II. A silhouetted LST (Landing Ship Tank) underway at sea. Other LSTs at the horizon. A man speaks over the phone. A destroyer in the background. Marines pass out C rations to others aboard a LST. C ration cans and packs on a crate. A sign on a box reads ' special assault ration' Marines being handed over the ration.
United States Marines during the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan in World War II. Bow section of (Landing Ship Tank) LST-940. LCT (Landing Craft Tank) on deck of LST. U.S. Navy TBF aircraft in flight. Men on the bridge of LST as they look out. A landing craft moves past in the foreground. Assault force at Iwo Jima and Mount Suribachi in the background. Explosions occur on the beach. Camouflaged LSTs in the foreground. Men on deck of LST. Smoke rises from a LST after it is hit. LCT on deck of a camouflaged LST. LSTs fire at the beach of Iwo Jima. Silhouette of a man on the flying bridge of LST. Four aircraft in flight. Mt. Suribachi and LSTs at anchor. Aircraft fly overhead. Marine on flying bridge of the LST. A coast guardsman wearing life jacket and steel helmet. Stern section of a transport ship. LCVPs (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) start to rendezvous out in water. Landing crafts get ready for assault.
United States Marines during the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan in World War II. A line of LCVPs (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) underway in the Pacific Ocean. African American assault troops in a LCM (Landing Craft , Mechanized). African American assault troops climb down a landing net from LST to a landing craft. Troops in LCVP underway towards the beach.
United States Marines during the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan in World War II. LSTs (Landing Ship Tanks) off the coast of Iwo Jima as an aircraft flies overhead. Mt. Suribachi in the background. Phosphorus shells burst on th coast of Iwo Jima. LCT (Landing Craft Tank) underway. Explosions occur on the summit of Mt. Suribachi. Invasion fleet off the shore of Iwo Jima. Small landing crafts on their way towards the beach. Aircraft in flight over the area. Battleships and transport ships in the background as landing crafts approach the coast.
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