Invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by United States during World War II. LCPs (Landing Crafts Personnel) and LCMs (Landing Crafts Mechanized) head towards the Iwo Jima coast. Mount Suribachi and LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) in the foreground. Explosions occur on the coast. A Japanese bomber dives as explosions occur at the coast. LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) loaded with Marines heads towards the coast. Wreckage of an aircraft on the beach of Iwo Jima. LCVP loaded with Marines head for the beach. Marines advance up the side of the beachhead. Marines advance across volcanic ash. A Marine bent on knee on a hill and other men in the background as he digs. Four Marines advance over a shell crater. Two LCMs and a LCP tied alongside each other. A jeep aboard a LCVP which comes along side a transport ship. Jeep aboard an LCVP underway at sea. Marines on the deck of a transport ship as they prepare to go ashore. Equipment on the deck of the transport ship. Assault force underway at sea.
United States Marines in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Dead Japanese soldiers on the ground including one still holding a live grenade. Shells explode on a beach as men advance. The North end of the island being bombarded by U.S. forces as explosions occur. Smoke rises due to bombardment. An aircraft in flight as bombardment occurs.
U.S. Navy battleship USS Nevada underway in the Pacific Ocean towards Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Smoke rises from the coast of Iwo Jima due to artillery fire. Invasion fleet off the coast of Iwo Jima. U.S. Navy battleship USS Nevada underway in the Pacific Ocean. A lookout aboard the ship uses binoculars. A sailor aboard the ship with anti-flash paint on his face. The muzzles of a dual mount 5 inch guns. The 5 inch 38s turret guns fire. A Japanese aircraft in flight crashes to the water after being hit by U.S. ship anti-aircraft fire. Invasion fleet off the shore. A pile of expended casings. Close views of a Marine opening a pack of K rations and eating it.
The Tokyo Imperial Palace after World War II. View of a tower on the grounds of the Tokyo Imperial Palace (1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-8111, Japan) in Chiyoda, Tokyo. Japanese soldiers with a small boy as they walk past a gateway. (World War II period).
Aftermath of Allied bombings in Tokyo, Japan during World War II. Bombed out outskirts of Tokyo. An American jeep drives past the debris. Two civilians push a hand cart in the foreground. A bombed out house and a sign on a post reads ' Tokyo'. In Tokyo, streetcars pass an intact building. A guard outside the Sakashita-mon gate on the grounds of the Imperial Palace. A man with a long beard in white clothes. Young Japanese womend in the middle of a street bow towards Sakashita-mon and the Emperor's residence.
The Mikawashima train crash in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan. Rescue workers probe the wreckage as they search for survivors after three trains collided in Japan. The damaged train and debris spread around. The damaged buildings and belongings of passengers on ground. The dead bodies in coffins at a morgue. Japanese girls praying over coffins.
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