U.S. fleet heading for Iwo Jima beaches for invasion during World War II. A wave of LVTs (Landing Vehicle Tracked) and landing craft underway towards a beach. Cruiser near the beach. Cruiser firing towards the beach. LVTs heading in a wave towards the beach. LCI (Lading Craft, Infantry) heading towards the beach. Smoke rises from Mount Surabachi in the background.
Invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by U.S. Marine During World War II. LVTs coming up the beach of Iwo Jima. Crane and damaged ship in the background. Marine Corpsmen apply bandage to a wounded Marine. A battleship shelling beach. Marine running across a beach, stops and talks with a man in a foxhole. Beached amphibious craft.
Invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by U.S. forces during World War II. A U.S. BB (battleship) shells the beach. Mount Surabachi being attacked by shell fire. Smoke rising from Iwo Jima island.
U.S. Navy World War II battleship, destroyers, heavy cruiser and light cruiser bombard the Island of Tarawa in Pacific Theater, in November 1943. Smoke rises from the beach. A 16" gun on board USS Maryland (BB-46) bombards Tarawa. Shells burst in air and island obscured by smoke. Depth charges explode in water as light cruiser continues to bombard the island. Ship at timecode 2:34 and 3:10 is a heavy cruiser of the Portland or Northhampton class, based on catapults with sea planes located at mid ship. Based on ship assignments and locations at that time, this would make it either the USS Chester (CA-27), the USS Portland (CA-33), or the USS Indianapolis (CA-35).
Exercise Bright Star 80 in Egypt. U.S. soldiers of the 1st battalion, 502nd Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) coach Egyptian troops in firing M-79 grenade launcher attached to M-16 rifles. American soldiers guide the Egyptian soldiers about handling and firing of rifles at a firing range in Egypt. Hits at the target area as Egyptian troops fire rifles and smoke rises. A man with a rifle in the foreground as firing continues. Soldier loads the launcher and targets the rifle towards the sky.
Exercise Bright Star 80 in Egypt. Shadow of a helicopter in flight as a soldier from the 1st battalion, 502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne division looks down from the helicopter. Two soldiers with their faces covered inside the helicopter. A-7 plane makes a bomb run over desert target area and explosion occurs in the desert. Smoke rises after the explosion.
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