Setting: Airbase at North Field, Tinian Island in Marianas Islands. Public Affairs Officer, Major John F. Moynahan (not seen) identifies Captain Kermit K. Beahan, bombardier of the B-29, "The Great Artiste." (Note: Captain Beahan was the regular pilot of the B-29, "The Great Artiste", which was scheduled to carry the bomb. But it needed to be re-instrumented for the mission. So, instead, its crew simply switched airplanes with the crew of the B-29 "BocksCar" which was already properly configured. Thus, "BocksCar" was the airplane from which bombardier Beahan actually dropped the bomb.) When asked about his experience, Captain Beahan recalls being greatly relieved when clouds parted and the target, Nagasaki, could be clearly seen. He felt that dropping the bomb on Nagasaki, was the biggest thrill of his lifetime. (World War II period).
U.S. Marine casualties in the Battle for Iwo Jima , during World War 2. Bodies of fallen U.S. Marines, on stretchers, on the sands of Iwo Jima. Wounded marines on stretchers, being placed aboard beached Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) for evacuation. Marines using a microphone and loudspeaker system to direct evacuation activities on the shore.
D-Day + 7 on Iwo Jima during World War 2. View of Japanese wooden crate in debris and sea grass. A bottle of Saki sits next to it. A U.S. marine examines it closely and finds a wire connected to the crate (a booby trap). He cuts the wire, removes the bottle, and ties a red warning flag by the crate. Camera focuses on a wrecked Japanese 75mm wooden-wheeled mountain gun with several shells on the ground nearby, and then on the breech of, what appears to be a wrecked 10cm wooden-wheeled cannon with a shell in the sand next to it.
A U.S. Marine holding a container of blood plasma, administers a transfusion, to a wounded marine in a stretcher on sands of Iwo Jima, during World War 2. Closeup of the wounded marine. Closeup of another marine having his wounds dressed with bandages. Closup of a smiling, but weary, marine. Smoke rising near the shore.
Destroyed American armor and U.S. marine casualties, on Iwo Jima in World War 2. Views of several Wrecked landing vehicles tracked (LVT) overturned on sands of Iwo Jima, during World War 2. Body of a marine under wreck of LVT(A)-1. Smoke rising in distance. LVTs racing across a flat area of Iwo Jima. U.S. marines carrying a wounded one on a stretcher. They place him down on the ground and check his wounds. Closeup of the wounded marine, speaking to them.
Knocked out U.S. Marine M4A3 Sherman tank in sand with track broken loose. Another one, with hatches open and helmets tied to it, sitting on a sand berm. Marine infantry maneuvering in large open area. Another knocked out Sherman tank and closeup of the name,"Agony," printed on tank. Knocked out Sherman tanks in a gully and several undamaged, positioned with guns pointed over top of nearby sand berm. Marines carrying a wounded one on a stretcher.
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