United States LST-782 off the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. An officer uses a sea ladder to go over the side of a ship. An LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) alongside an LST (Landing Ship Tank). Soldiers climb cargo nets from LCVP and to come aboard an LST. An LCVP comes alongside the LST-782 with smoke pots in rear section. An LCVP pulls alongside. An LCM (Landing Craft , Mechanized) alongside the LST-782. Marines climb up a cargo net and come aboard LST-782. Marines in combat gear in the LCM and a Fletcher class destroyer in the background.
Carpenters of the 302nd Naval Construction Battalion (Seabees) at work constructing shipping containers in the Philippines, during World War 2. One uses a power circular saw. View of a fan placed in a new wooden container. A native being instructed by a Seabee. Stacks of finished containers.
Invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by the first assault wave of United States during World War II. Aircraft in flight over Mt. Suribachi. Explosions occur on summit as bombs explode. U.S. Navy F6F aircraft in flight. LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) close to the Iwo Jima shore. Mount Suribachi in the background. LCI fires at the coast. Smoke rises from the coast.
Invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by the first assault wave of United States during World War II. A battleship fires at Mt. Suribachi and explosions occur on the summit. Ships underway in the Pacific Ocean. Smoke rises from a ship. An aircraft dives and falls into the sea causing explosion. Columns of smoke rise from the ship. Sailors on the deck of a ship. U.S. flag flies from the deck. An aircraft in flight. Open sea as smoke rises from the background.
Invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by United States during World War II. Silhouette of a sailor on look out as he uses frame binoculars aboard a ship. Barrel of a gun in the foreground during sun set.
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.
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