United States Marine soldiers aboard Landing Ship Tank (LST) in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Soldiers and officers in the conning tower of a LST. Marines aboard the LST take their food sitting on its deck. The soldiers collect their meal and walk towards the deck.
United States Marines aboard Landing Ship Tank (LST) in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. A convoy of LSTs sailing in sea. LST 782 sails in sea with cargo doors open. Marines loaded on DUKWs come down ramp into water. Marines with their rifles and full gear sail towards the shore. A number of other DUKW vehicles sailing towards the shore.
U.S. Marines during invasion of Iwo Jima in World War II. Marines carry wounded men on stretchers to Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boats, waiting in the surf. Higgins boats; an LCI(G) gunboat; and a Fletcher-class destroyer are seen, offshore, in the background. A double column of marines marching with full field gear along a dirt road. They pass other marines climbing aboard a DUKW headed in the opposite direction. Marines lift a jeep from a DUKW, and place it on the ground, using an A-Frame crane hoist installed on another DUKW. Sequence shifts to the beach, where wounded are seen in a Higgins boat. Coast guard crewmen close the ramp door of the boat so it can proceed away from the shore. Gunboats and ships in background. Next, a Higgins boat hits the beach and marines climb out through the surf, carrying ammunition boxes. They are followed by a jeep driving off the boat. In this same scene, other Higgins boats are seen heading to the shore and the Fletcher-class destroyer, and gun boats are visible in the background. A Higgins boat from the USS Lenawee (APA-195) hits the beach and marines rush ashore from it carrying spools of communications wire and other supplies.
United States soldiers offload vehicles from amphibious vehicles during Philippine invasion of Lingayen Gulf in World War II. A soldier on a jeep offloaded from a Landing Ship Tank (LST) almost completely covered by sea water. A bulldozer tank pulls the jeep out on the beach. Troops on a truck which is offloaded from the LST.
United States soldiers move inwards during the Philippine invasion of Lingayen Gulf in World War II. They inspect a wrecked Japanese Air Force plane in a field. American soldiers climb on the wings of the airplane. The burnt fuselage and destroyed engine of the plane. Symbol of Imperial Japanese Air Services on the fuselage of the plane. Trucks loaded with troops driven away from the field.
United States Army soldiers move inwards during the Philippine invasion of Lingayen Gulf in World War II. A soldier sitting at a camp watch through binoculars. A U.S. Army radio operator sitting inside a camp talk into a microphone. The soldiers sit outside their camp and talk to a Filipino civilian man smoking a cigarette. Several Filipino civilians gather around the United States Army soldiers as they pass 'C' rations to them.
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