A United States Army Douglas DC-3 transport plane taxis and takes off at Naval Base Iwo Jima during World War II. Dust obscures the view from dirt airstrip takeoff. A badly wounded United States Marine lying on his side on blood-stained stretcher. His bandaged head is soaked in blood. House flies sit on bloodied bandage and stretcher. Soldiers loading patients and casualties on transport plane. The wounded Marine is placed aboard the plane for air evacuation. Douglas DC-3 “Peg o’My Heart” takes off from airfield.
View of the USS Saratoga (CV-3)’s bridge with shrapnel damage after a Kamikaze attack during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. Guns in between the bridge. Soldiers climbing stairs. Sailors cleaning a Mark 12 5"/38 caliber dual purpose naval guns on USS Saratoga. A slightly damaged United States flag is seen over it. Men clearing debris from the damaged deck a day after Kamikaze attack. Dr. Edgar Maurice Cortright, United States Navy Lieutenant, narrates his experience on board the USS Saratoga at the time of its bombing by Japanese aircraft.
Burial at sea ceremony on board the U.S. Navy ship USS Saratoga (CV-3) a day after an attack by Japanese Kamikazes during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. Full crew of the USS Saratoga attend the ceremony on deck. The crew pay their respects. Bodies of the casualties, sewn into sailcloth, seen on deck. Some of the USS Saratoga crew are seen wearing life jackets. The bodies are thrown overboard. United States Marines firing their salute after all the bodies are buried at sea. Thousands of crewmen saluting as they conclude the ceremony. The crew disperse before forming a line on deck. Dr. Edgar Maurice Cortright, United States Navy Lieutenant, narrates his experience on board the USS Saratoga at the time of its bombing by Japanese planes.
Funeral procession for the victims of the USS Maine disaster in Havana, Cuba leading to the Spanish-American War. A detachment of sailors, United States Marines, and young boys preceding the procession. Nine hearses carry the coffins of the USS Maine victims, with the United States flag draped over each coffin. At the side of each wagon walk the pall bearers, surviving comrades, their heads bowed in bereavement. More naval officers and marines, and lastly a procession of carriages, followed by a large crowd on foot follow the hearses.
Commodore George Dewey leads a land parade on “Dewey Day” after his arrival in the United States following the Spanish-American War. Army cavalry, one of the soldiers holding the United States flag, in the parade along Eighth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City. Men in uniform follow the cavalry. U.S. cavalry soldiers with sabers follow the uniformed men.
Happy French children greet United States Army soldiers entering a village in Normandy, France during World War II. The soldiers enter the town as seen from a moving vehicle. Church in the background shows damage. A parachute stuck in a tree. Wounded German prisoners are carried on litters by United States Army medics to their base. The soldiers assist a captured German to a truck. Wounded German soldiers lying on their stretchers. A badly wounded soldier with an arm cast sleeping. Medic car enters a base. A large building in the base.
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