Marines of U.S. 4th Division explore remains of Japanese fortifications and weapons at end of the battle for Iwo Jima in World War 2. Remnants of a Japanese mortar shell with fins. A marine examines destroyed Japanese bunker and eqipment at a cave entrance. Exhausted marines resting at side of road and on rocks. View through a Japanese defensive position in a cave. Some marines moving out, past others still resting.
Fourth Marine Division in final stages of the battle for Iwo Jima in World War 2. Marines walking along a ridge on Iwo Jima. They pass remains of Japanese defensive positions in the rocky terrain. Closeup of Marine (identified as Denny Ray Leach, age 18) communicating via an SCR-300 walkie talkie radio. A line of marines walking carefully along the ridge on the lookout for lingering Japanese defenders.
139th Infantry troops occupy trench dugouts in France. Soldiers sit in open dugout with rifles. One soldier up on the dugout aims rifle in the field while another stands in dugout. A soldier aims, in prone position behind a rock, at the side of dugout and monitors enemy position. Soldier in prone position slides down in dugout. Soldiers stand. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1).
Cemeteries of the American Expeditionary Force in France during World War 1. U.S. Army soldiers stand at a cemetery in Cheppy, France. Crosses at graves. Six soldiers bring body of an American soldier wrapped in a cloth. They place it in a grave. Soldiers stand past graves. They bring more bodies of American soldiers killed in action during World War 1, and place them in graves. A soldier digs a grave with spade. Graves dug in line. A soldier reads from a religious book to perform a religious ceremony. Other soldiers remove their hats and hold in their hands. Soldiers stand as prayer goes on during burial ceremony. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
The Aisne Marne Operation in France during World War 1. U.S. Army 4th Division troops walk on muddy road in Sergy. Soldiers ride horse cart. Luggage on cart. Soldiers walk along horse carts. Smoke rises from a smokestack on a horsecart serving as a rolling kitchen or galley. Doughboy soldiers rest beside road. Grass in the field.
The Aisne Marne Operation in France. U.S. Army 4th Infantry troops stand besides a truck in Sergy. A soldier writes in a notebook. Other soldiers stand besides him and watch. Two of the soldiers sitting on rocks, with one of them showing the note book to the other. The two soldiers smoke pipes and discuss what is written in the book.
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