Wounded U.S. Marines during Allied invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan in World War II. Wounded soldier being carried on stretchers for medical aid. Blood plasma being administered to a wounded Marine. A sign reads 'Hospital 5th Marine Division'. Wounded Marines on litters being carried away for medical aid. Doctors perform operations and work on wounds of the Marines. Wounded aboard landing crafts as they leave the coast and move into the sea. Hospital ship USS Bountiful (AH-9) at sea. The wounded being loaded aboard the ship.
Wounded United States Marines during Allied invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan in World War II. Doctors perform an operation on a wounded Marine. Injured Marines on stretchers. Dead bodies of U.S. Marines on a field. Dead Marines being carried on litters. Dead bodies of soldiers being placed in pits for burial. Officers at the funeral ceremony. They read out a prayer. A cemetery in Iwo Jima.
Allied invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. U.S. aircraft on a field. An aircraft in flight. It emits smoke from tail section. A sign reads 'Wash mess gear here'. A United States Marine with chemical sprayer on his back. He sprays bodies of dead Japanese soldiers.
U.S. Army soldiers train with new "Sniperscope" equipment during the Burma Campaign in World War II. The 475th Infantry regiment of the U.S. Mars Task Force are seen gathered for a demonstration of the new Sniper Scope. A U.S. Army soldier demonstrates the parts and use of the sniper scope. He shows a carbine equipped with the sniper scope for accurate firing in the dark. He explains the functioning of the scope and how its attached infrared spotlight operates in conjunction with a telescopic sight mounted on the rifle to enable night vision. He looks through the telescope sight. He demonstrates the use of a unit, attached by a cord, that contains batteries and an electrical focusing attachment. He turns a focusing dial on the unit. The American soldiers examine the carbine and look through the telescopic sight. Narrator explains that the night scope will be used primarily in preventing night infiltration of U.S. held positions.
Lt. General Courtney Hodges' First United States Army advances in the Belgian Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge (World War 2). A soldier directs vehicles on a road. Snow covered tanks. Snow covered buildings in the background. Soldiers place logs under a tank to provide traction. A U.S. tank skids sideways on ice covered road. Tanks slipping on ice. The 82nd Airborne Division advances through a snow covered woods. The 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment attacks the German front. Soldiers fire guns mounted on tanks. U.S. 7th Corp troops walk on snow covered terrain. Commander of the Third Armored Division Major General Maurice Rose confers with Brigadier General Doyle O. Hickey. A snow covered tank. Snow on the barrel of a gun mounted on a tank. German prisoners of war walk on a road. German prisoners wearing GI clothing, legging and trousers. Men move on a road as a tank takes cover. Tank destroyed equipment and vehicles. U.S. 35th Division men attack and capture a large German held farmhouse. A wounded German soldier is given first aid. A wounded German is carried on a litter by U.S. soldiers.
U.S. 8th Infantry Division, 28th Infantry Regiment attacks Wurdinghausen, Germany during World War II. Soldiers wave at German soldiers to come across a field and surrender. German soldiers walk across the field with their hand raised. Prisoners are searched. The soldiers get into a house. Soldiers advance past a German 20mm gun.
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