Released United States prisoners in Cebu, Philippines Islands. Released soldiers walk past trucks. A soldiers poses with cigarette in mouth. Herman Andellt, Basdo, Illinois receives paper from female Red Cross worker. Fred Pharr of Jasper, Texas poses with cigar in his mouth. (World War II period).
Released United States Prisoners in Cebu, Philippines Islands. Released prisoners get onto truck. Truck leaves the area and soldiers wave. Board of 92nd Evacuation Hospital in the background. Two soldiers climb down stairs. (World War II period).
Naval bombardment of Iwo Jima, preceding the amphibious assault during World War 2. Animation shows a map which locates Iwo Jima. Animation shows the defensive positions of Japanese defenders on Iwo Jima at various dates. U.S. Warships firing naval guns. Other ships in the background. Cruiser USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) seen at time codes 2:18-2:21.
World War 2 invasion of Iwo Jima by U.S. amphibious forces. U.S. warships continue bombardment of Japanese fortifications on Iwo Jima, but cease temorarily, allowing U.S. air strikes. U.S. dive bombers attacking Japanese positions.The Cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35) is seen maneuvering close to shore. U.S. gunboats firing barrages of rockets that saturate the beach with explosions. Diagram illustrates the way heavy naval gunfire overhead is coordinated with advancing amphibious craft. Views of landing craft and battleships firing overhead in a moving barrage. Landing craft arriving at the beach.
Post-invasion views of Japanese fortifications destroyed by U.S. Naval gunfire prior to the U.S. amphibious assault on Iwo Jima in World War 2. Remains of Japanese defensive positions on Iwo Jima. Steel-reinforced concrete fortifications, including pill boxes, heavy gun emplacements, and block houses, destroyed by U.S. naval heavy guns. A marine stands near destroyed concrete bunker. U.S. Flag flies high above the scene. U.S. battleships underway at sea.
Senator Burton K Wheeler and party including United States officers come out of the Paris transmitter station in France. Officers talk amongst themselves. They get into car and the car passes on the street.
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