Knees of marine shaking due to cold. Marine shaking and shivering due to cold. Tank on top of mountain. Shell bursts behind it. Two marines dig near beach. Plane in air. Marines advance on to the hill.
Marine asleep in a foxhole in Iwo Jima. Marines assist a wounded marine (walking wounded). Tank passes. U.S. Marines of 2nd Battalion pinned down on beach in a wide trench due to enemy mortar fire. Black volcanic sandy area. (World War II period).
Marine with fixed bayonet, ready to go over top in Iwo Jima. Marine takes out his rifle. Marines advancing on a hill. Applying sulfa powder to the wound of another marine.
Marines giving first aid to other marines in Iwo Jima. Marine firing M-1 over a hill. Marine pinned down on beach. Marine firing bazooka. Marine with fouled up bar. Marine cleaning the bar. Marines in foxholes, firing rifle grenade. Marine on beach speaking over phone. Scene of a sandy terrain. (World War II period).
P-51 airplane, of the U.S. Army Air Forces 334th Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, piloted by Lieutenant Timothy J "Tim" Cronin of Oconomowoc, WI., taxis and parks on apron, at Debden Airfield in England during World War 2. Six ground crewmen run toward plane and greet the pilot. Scene is repeated close up. Pilot in cockpit of plane uses starter to turn the propeller a bit to make it appear he has just taxied in. Again, the ground crewmen run to and surround his airplane. Lieutenant Cronin standing between two other pilots. One of them, Maj Howard "Deacon" Hively, of Athens, Ohio, holds a wad of British currency, which he shares with the other two. They shake hands. Lieutenant Clifton and Captain David W Howe, of East Hickory, PA., conversing and.Looking skyward determining weather. Lieutenant Clarence L. Boretsky, of Milwaukee, WI, talking and laughing with two other pilots. Captain Carl F. Brown of Huntingdon, PA..shows patch on his leather flying jacket displaying the 334th Logo superimposed on an American Eagle (Alluding to the Eagle Squadron beginnings of the 4th Fighter Group.)
Lieutenant Donald Malmsten (by prop) and Lt. Jerome Jahnke (kneeling center) , of the U.S. 334th Squadron, 4th Fighter Group ((formerly Eagle Squadron number 71) talk with ground crewmen, beside Major Gerald Montgomery's P-51D named: "Sizzlin Liz." at Debden Airbase, England. Major Howard "Deacon" Hively briefing large group of ground crew members beside P-51. He dismisses them with good natured wave of his hand and they leave hurriedly.
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