USS Intrepid aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A sailor examines a hole on the deck of the aircraft carrier made by Japanese aircraft. Flight deck of the aircraft carrier. An island in the background and foam on the deck in the foreground.
Aerial views of the United States invasion convoy as it bombards Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Many waves of landing crafts underway towards the beach of Iwo Jima, Japan. Island smoking as it is being bombarded. Destroyers and a heavy cruiser bombard the coast.
United States invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Gun emplacement on Workman island. A Field howitzer being fired from the gun pit. A Marine fuses a howitzer shell. Gun being fired and smoke rises. A field pack of Sargent John Basilone being examined by two Marines. A Marine examines clothes of Corporal Anthony Cirello. Shells burst and smoke rises.
United States Marines in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Dead Japanese soldiers on the ground including one still holding a live grenade. Shells explode on a beach as men advance. The North end of the island being bombarded by U.S. forces as explosions occur. Smoke rises due to bombardment. An aircraft in flight as bombardment occurs.
United States sailors being demobilized at a separation center in California, United States, as soldiers and sailors were being discharged after World War II. A sailor hugs a girl. The sailor picks up his bag and walks along the sidewalk. A large number of sailors gathered outside a building at Treasure Island awaiting discharge. Cars move past the sailors. The sailors load onto a truck. The sailors board buses. Buses pull away.
Coverage of project to determine the most effective means for destroying Japanese-type cave positions at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. Paper with typewritten introduction. U.S. Air Force P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft in a napalm incendiary bomb attack. U.S. B-25H Mitchell bomber fires 75mm cannon and U.S. Army Air Force P-47N Thunderbolt fighter aircraft fires 11.75 inch Tiny Tim rocket at targets on hillside. Mountainous terrain and caves similar to Japanese positions on island. Tall Boy (12,000 pound HE bomb) being hoisted from a trailer. U.S. P-38 parked with napalm bombs under wing. P-47N with 11.75 inch Tiny Tim rocket on launcher rail. U.S. Army Air Forces A-26 Invader bomber plane in flight and fires Tiny Tim rocket. Ordnance men load 75mm rounds into B-25H equipped with APG-13B radar ranging device. Gun crew fires 105mm howitzer at hillside. (World War II period).
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