View of open bridge of a U.S. Attack Transport (APA). The Coast Guard Captain is conversing with another officer. The helmsman is at his station. View to port shows bow wave of the ship. A marine and Coast Guard telephone talker stand by the ship's 3"/50 caliber gun. (World War II period).
Activities aboard Attack Transport Ship (APA) underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Three crew members seated, one looks at a book, the other two talk. A marine under a small piece of canvas on the deck reads a book. Crewman in cap and dungarees, wearing a headset, sits as lookout. Two crewmen dressed in loud shirts (for Equator-crossing Pollywog Initiation) invite another to sit for a haircut. He tells them to take off only a little, and sits in the chair. The would-be barber places a cloth around the initiate's neck and begins soaping his head with a shaving brush and mug.
Bombardment by U.S. 3rd Marine Division on Iwo Jima. Infantry Landing Crafts fire on a beach at Iwo Jima. Several vessels fire on the beach off Iwo Jima. Smoke rises from the beach. (World War II period).
Bombardment by U.S. 3rd Marine Division on Iwo Jima. Smoke columns rise from a beach. Infantry Landing Craft and Tank Landing Ship in the foreground. (World War II period).
Bombardment by U.S. 3rd Marine Division on Iwo Jima. Japanese phosphorous shells land and explode on a beach. A Hospital ship in the foreground. An invasion fleet in middle ground. (World War II period).
Bombardment by U.S. 3rd Marine Division on Iwo Jima. Navy hospital ship USS Solace (AH-5) in the foreground. An invasion fleet in middle ground. Mount Suribachi in the background. Wounded are hoisted aboard attack transport. (World War II period).
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