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 in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. The United States Marines push a field howitzer and attach it to LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) for towing it. The field howitzer attached to LVT. U.S. Marines of the 1st Battalion at a field howitzer as they await orders to fire. The shells being loaded and artillery fired. The gun crew of field howitzer in the gun pit and invasion fleet offshore in the background. Gun emplacements on the beach with guns of the Abel and Baker Batteries. The gun crew in emplacements. Guns being fired as smoke rises.
Surrender of Japanese Sen Toku I-400-class submarines, in the Pacific Ocean at the end of World War II. A U.S. Navy sailor knocks out anchor chain which goes over the side as anchor is being dropped aboard a ship. Japanese submarine I-400 (boat 5231) underway at sea as seen from an approaching tender. The United States flag flies over Japanese flag. The bow of the Japanese submarine with the catapult launching device for aircraft. Japanese crew gathered on the deck of the submarine. The United States and Japanese officers on the conning tower look down at the Japanese crew. The U.S. flag and the black surrender flag on the flag staff aboard the submarine.
Allied prisoners of war after being released, arriving in Nagasaki, Japan after World War II. United States sailors wait at a railroad station at Nagasaki as a train pulls in at the platform. Wounded allied soldiers on stretchers being unloaded from the railroad train. A United States Navy medical officer shakes hands with patients in the stretcher as they come off the train. Some released Allied prisoners pass through a coffee line at the station. A prisoner fills his coffee mug and moves away. Prisoners receive coffee and donuts. Litter patients being carried out from the train and taken away. The released prisoners sit and chat. A man with a dog. The released prisoners outside the American Red Cross office at the station. The soldiers drink beer and eat sandwiches.
United States Air Force Chief General Hoyt S. Vandenberg in Washington D.C., United States. USAF Chief General Vandenberg gets off a car at the Washington National Airport. General Vandenberg being greeted by officers. General Vandenberg and an officer pose for cameraman with a U.S. Air Force C-121 aircraft in the background. The General boards a flight. General Vandenberg with an officer aboard the aircraft. Propellers of the aircraft rotate as the engine starts. The aircraft taxis along and the cameramen record the event. The aircraft taxis and takes off.
United States Army Air Force B-17 aircraft in flight in European Theater during World War II. United States 8th Air Force B-17 aircraft in flight. Bomb bay doors of the aircraft open. Five B-17 aircraft fly in a formation over water. A B-17G aircraft in flight and number 4 engine being feathered and restarted. A formation of seven B-17 aircraft in flight.
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