Invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by United States during World War II. United States Marines aboard a ship as they head towards Iwo Jima. Marines debark into a landing craft from a ship. Marines climb down a landing net and and get into small barges to go ashore to Iwo Jima. Marines come down the net and into a barge. Marines loaded in a LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) and in a LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) as they head towards the beach.
Invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by United States during World War II. LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) loaded with Marines of the 5th Marine Division underway towards the beach. Mount Suribachi and coast of Iwo Jima in the background. Point of view shots from camera position inside landing craft as it approaches beach landing. Close up views of Marines on board as they ready for beach landing. Smoke rises from Mt Suribachi as explosions occur. LVTs (Landing Vehicles Tracked) underway in water. Destroyer and battleships in the background. Coast of Iwo Jima as LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) comes close to the shore. Rockets burst on the beach in the background. Marines in a LCM as it hits the beach. Bow ramp of the LCM being lowered and Marines go ashore.
Causalities during the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by United States during World War II. United States 5th Marines Division, 5th Medical Battalion,C Company corpsmen transfer litter wounded on a pontoon barge from a LST (Landing ship Tank). A stretcher casualty hoisted from tank deck of LST through an open hatch. Casualties on litters being lowered to pontoon barge alongside the LST. Corpsmen load litters onto a pontoon barge. A crane operator operates a large crane on the deck of LST.
Causalities during the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by United States during World War II. A litter wounded being loaded aboard a LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel). Navy hospital ship USS Samaritan (AH-10) at anchor. Wounded aboard the LCVP underway in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy PBM mariner at sea. LCVP comes along side USS Lubbock( APA-197). Litter wounded being hoisted aboard the USS Lubbock.
Causalities during the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by United States during World War II. A medic dresses the wounds of an injured Marine in a wardroom aboard the USS Lubbock. Blood plasma being given to an injured Marine. Medic inserts the needle of a peripheral line into the skin of the injured. A man holds a bottle of blood plasma. Bottle being hanged on a hook. A wound being dressed by the medics as the injured Marine smokes a cigarette. Wounded lying in beds with their name tags. Medics fill up details on the tags.
Religious service prior to United States invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Marines gathered on the deck of a ship for Ash Wednesday services. A Catholic Chaplain conducts the service. The Chaplain serves the Eucharist to the Marines and imposes a holy cross of ashes on the foreheads of the Marines.