United States Marine Corps at their base, prepare for raid on Japanese island of Iwo Jima, in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Large groups of Marines near the Amphibious Landing Vehicles on the beach. A SBD A-24 flies over them. Marines open their bags and inflate their rubber life belts. Marines aboard transport ship going for the raid on Iwo Jima. Marines sit on the deck and clean their guns and other weapons aboard
United States Marine Corps move for raid on Japanese island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Amphibious Landing Vehicles with large number of marines move speedily towards the beach of Iwo Jima. Fleet of amphibious tractors, ships and war boats racing for the coast. Smoke from explosions around the LCVs and at the beach line of Iwo Jima. Tides in sea waters by LCVs movement.
United States Marine Corps raid on Japanese posts at the island of Iwo Jima, during World War II. U.S. Sherman tanks drive down a hill. Marines carry their injured Group Commander on a stretcher. Colonel Cushman Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion points out targets to Captain Schmidt. Officers study maps and plan strategies in a trench.
The Pacific Theater of World War II. A United States Navy ship cruising towards Iwo Jima attacked by Kamikaze planes of Imperial Japan. Kamikaze planes dive bombing toward US Navy ships. Huge ship anti aircraft guns on warships fire at the Japanese planes. Explosions on the ships and in the ocean. View as kamikaze aircraft is hit by anti-aircraft fire but continues on its path and strikes the USS Saratoga (CV-3), causing large explosion and smoke billowing upward. US Navy sailors fight fires and try to extinguish fire.
United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addresses the nation from White House in Washington DC. Sitting at his desk he talks about the position of United States in World War II. He talks about the organization of United Nations. He insists on right of equality, humanity and a society without race and creed distinction. He challenged the Japanese admiral who said that he will dictate terms of peace in White House.
Allied forces in Japan after atomic explosion during World War II. Indian ship 'HMIS SUTLEJ' during an operation in sea. Sailors aboard the ship. Sailors on the Japanese submarine I-155 built in Kure in 1929. Cannon on the submarine. Preparations on ship prior to sinking of the submarine. Submarine fired upon from the ship sailing close to it. Explosion on submarine and the sinking submarine. (Detail: shows the effect of 4" shells on the sub and 20mm Oerlikon shells. After 238 rounds of 4" shells and 4 depth charges, and after 4 hours of firing and closing the range from 4,000 yards to 200 yards, the sub was sunk).
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