United States Landing Craft Utility vessel on shore of Naha, Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Bow gate of the vessel is lowered. M4A3 Sherman tanks come out of the vessel. 6th Tank Battalion of 24th Infantry Division soldiers aboard the tanks. The tanks advance towards the beach. The crew members set temporary bivouacs on beachhead. A wounded Marine carried on a stretcher. A wrecked Japanese ammunition dump. The Marines inspect a Japanese bomb.
United States 6th Tank Battalion of 24th Infantry Division in Naha, Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Marine inspects a camouflaged jeep. United States M4A3 Sherman tank moves on the beach. Marine inspects camouflaged Japanese plane in revetment. Japanese hangar in Naha. Number of tanks drive past on a dirt road.
(Opening slate identifies D+4, and then a corrected slate says D+5.) U.S. marines amphibious landing activities on Iwo Jima during World War 2. Marines silhouetted against bright sky, while standing inside a Landing Ship Tank (LST) as the front ramp is lowered. An M4A3 Sherman medium tank, equipped with raised exhaust and air intakes (a wading tank), is exiting the ship. Scene shifts to views from onshore, of Landing Ships Tank (LSTs) 477 and 808, beached, on the sand. A Landing Craft Tank (LCT-1243) is on the deck of LST 808. Several M4A3 wading tanks of the 3rd Marine Tank Battalion are seen leaving LST 477. Exhaust fumes are visible from their raised ducts. Third Marine Division infantry, on the deck of LST 477, watch the tanks offloading. (Note, regarding the date. Accordng to the Navy Department Library, the 3rd Marine Division joined the Iwo Jima fighting on the fifth day of the battle. So the unloading operations, from LSTs, 477 and 808, seen in this film, could be taking place on D+5.)
Slate identifies date as "D+5." Sherman tank,of U.S. 3rd Marine Division, drives out of Landing Ship Tank (LST) 477 beached next to LST 808, at Iwo Jima, during World War 2. The name:"Aileen," and "USMC 10069" are painted on its side. Tank crew are seen in the tank and legs of Marine riding upon it. Tanks lined up and firing their guns, on rocky terrain.
United States Marine Corps of the 4th Tank Battalion in Tinian, Mariana Islands during World War II. Camouflaged U.S. ship at sea. Smoke rises from an explosion in the back ground. Burning landing craft near beach area. Army trucks drive past on dirt road. The Marines examine an overturned amphibious vehicle.
United States Marine Corps of the 4th Marine Division in Iwo Jima Island during Iwo Jima operation of World War II. A convoy of tanks move on the beach area. A Marine with rifle in dug out on the beachhead. The Marine gives first aid to another wounded Marine in the dug out. The Marines talk to each other.
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