Activities of the United States Marine Corps at Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Field howitzer battery on beach fires at the base of Mount Suribachi. Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) fires close in shore in the background. Group of Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVTs) underway on beach. Smoke arises due to firing.
Activities of the United States Marine Corps at Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II Marines fire field howitzer on Mount Suribachi in the foreground. Mount Suribachi under bombardment. Field howitzer battery fires in the foreground. Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVTs) near the base. Marines fire at the top of Mount Suribachi. Smoke arises from the top of Suribachi due to firing.
Activities of United States Marine Corps 5th Division in Iwo Jima, Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima, World War II. Two Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVTs) pass each other. Mount Suribachi in the background. Marines on the beach fire a field howitzer. Smoke rises due to explosions at the base of Mount Suribachi.
German invasion of Norway (Operation Weserubung) during the World War Two. German Junkers Ju-52 transport aircraft in flight over snow-covered rocky terrain. Navigator at his station in Ju-52. German soldiers and bicycles inside cabin of a Ju-52. Harbor and seaplanes seen below. Ju-52 lands at airfield. Many other Ju-52s parked. German troops offload personal gear and weapons, and then march across the field. A sentry posted at Oslo Air Base building. Explosions just outside the perimeter of airfield. A squadron of German Me-109 aircraft fly overhead. German antiaircraft batteries protecting the airfield. German Heinkel He-111s bombing a Norwegian island. Close view as bombs are released from bomb bay. German Luftwaffe Pilot in cockpit.
Activities of Japanese soldiers in Corregidor, Philippine Islands during the Battle of Philippines of World War II in 1942. A relief map of Corregidor, Bataan and Manila. The island of Corregidor. Japanese Navy Aichi D3A 'Val' in flight over the island. Smoke rises due to bombardment. Japanese Marines land on a rocky beach of Corregidor. Japanese soldiers carrying flame throwers climbing up a cliff with the aid of a ladder. A soldier uses a flame thrower on a covered trench. Several Japanese soldiers run along the base of a steep hill. Japanese soldiers and British and U.S. prisoners of war in the foreground around time of surrender of Allied forces to Japanese. Buildings in the background. A barrage balloon moored close to the ground. A group of US, British and Japanese enlisted men. U.S. Army General Jonathan Wainwright speaks to two British enlisted men. Japanese, British and U.S. enlisted men converse in the foreground. Two Japanese officers enter a building and an officer salutes. The enlisted men on the porch of the building. The coastline of Corregidor in the foreground. U.S. and British prisoners on a hillside. Japanese soldiers climb up a steep hill. U.S. and British sailors and enlisted men march. Destroyed gum emplacement. Entrance to a tunnel on the side of a rocky cliff. Interior of the tunnel equipped with desks and typewriters.
Bombardment of Tinian, Saipan and Guam in the Mariana Islands by the U.S. Navy during World War II. Sailors on the destroyer ship USS Braine, DD-630, as viewed from the battleship USS New Mexico, BB-40, following transfer of several wounded from the destroyer to the battleship, during World War 2. A U.S. Northampton Class heavy cruiser bombarding Japanese positions in Mariana Islands. Smoke rising from shell strikes. Officer aboard the USS New Mexico observing action through binoculars. A sailor scanning horizon with binoculars. Triple gun turrets of the New Mexico trained to port. She being firing guns singly. Signal flags being raised above the New Mexico. Officers scanning horizon with binoculars. A couple of crew members taking a snooze break on deck. Various views of smoke rising in distance, from naval shelling. Two U.S. Navy observation float planes fly overhead. A formation of nine U.S. carrier-based aircraft fly toward the island. More views of explosions ashore. Two light cruisers firing close to shore.
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