United States sailors during the raid on Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Marines loaded on an LCVP. The Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) in assault formation sails in the sea. The Naval Task Force assembles in a harbor. A Landing Ship Tank (LST) underway in sea. Sailors elevate a single mount 40 mm artillery gun aboard an LST. A transport ship underway as its anchor sticks out of hawse pipe.
United States sailors during the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War 2. Two U.S. Navy Signalmen send red light blinker signals. The sun sets in the sea and yellowish sea water as seen from the ships of the task force. A Landing Ship Tank (LST) underway as seen from another naval vessel sailing in the sea.
United States sailors during the assault on Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Two U.S. Coast Guardsmen play with a bitch and her little puppies aboard a Landing Ship Tank (LST). The puppies and their mother go in their kennel and come out again. Other soldiers watch from back. The mother dog places her puppies on a mat and nourishes them with her milk.
United States sailors during the raid on Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. A radar operator operates a radar aboard a landing vehicle. The operator with his headphones put on stands in front of scope of the radar. He operates the control gears of the radar. Various controls of the radar under operation.
U.S. Generals visit the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during World War II. U.S. Army Air Force General Carl Andrew Spaatz and U.S. Army General Omar Nelson Bradley visit the Liberty Bell. They touch the bell and smile. Philadelphia Mayor, Bernard Samuels,shows them inscribed names and a crack in the bell. The Generals pose with, an unidentified Major General, for a camera. Military officers, in a reviewing stand, rise to applaud the Generals. The American flag in the background.
Rescued inmates of the concentration camp # 3 talk about their experiences in Linz, Austria towards the end of World War II. The rescued assembled outside a wooden house. Those who were inside the house look outside through a window. The inmates are emaciated. An Italian talks about the adverse living conditions they faced at the concentration camp. He states that they had very little food, they slept 3 or 4 to a bed and there was no way to wash. He said he was also at Mauthausen for a time before being transferred. In total he had been in concentration camps for 8 months and considered himself very lucky to have lived. He said that in Linz there were 50 men in his quarters and each day 3 to 4 men died. He tells how he worked in a forced labor factory in Linz building tanks for the Germans, working 12 hours a day as a welder.
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