LST-792, LST-713, USMC On Beach, Iwo Jima, 1945

About this film

Naval Photographic Center film #10865. National Archives description "1) LS LST-713; LVTs getting underway. 2) LS Mt. Suribachi; LSTs, foreground (SV). 3) MLS Silhouette of LST underway. 4) LS Mt. Suribachi (SV). 5) LS Beach area; two LSTs, foreground. 6) LS PC lying-to off beach at Iwo Jima. 7) LS Mt. Suribachi; explosion on mountain. 8) LS PAN Beachhead area, LSTs, LCIs on beach. 9) LS Two LSTs up on beach (SV). 10) LS USS Monrovia (AP-64); Pan, down side of AP, landing craft alongside. 11) LS American flag on top of Mt. Suribachi. 12) LS Two LSTs on beach. 13) LS LCT beaching. 14) HA LS Three men retrieving 50 gallon oil drum out of water. 15) LS Gear unloaded on beach. 16) MLS Bow section of LST up on beach, doors open; men standing around. 17) LS Bulldozers coming out of LST. 18) LS Mt. Suribachi, marines, foreground. 19) LS LST pulls up on beach with doors open. 20) LS Bulldozers moving down beach (SV). 21) LS Marines carrying on general activities at beachhead. 22) MLS Marines and equipment on beach; one man eating "C" rations. 23) LS Squad of marines moving out (SV). 24) LS LVT moving down road, followed by half-track. 25) LS Squad of marines starting to move out; weasel wr…

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Marine Corps, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan, United States. Navy, Iwo Jima, Battle Of, Japan, 1945, United States. -- Marine Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945, USS LST-713, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, USS LST-792, Motor Vehicles, Amphibious -- United States, WWII In Color, Mount Suribachi, Landing Craft -- United States

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