Task Force 58 Iwo Jima 1945

About this film

Naval Photographic Center film # 10895 "Task Force, 1943." National Archives description "1) AtoG MS Small ship being strafed in harbor; bomb hits exploding in water. 2) AtoG MS Looking down over dock area; PAN over harbor. 3) AtoG MS Tramp Steamer being strafed in harbor. 4) AtoG MS Ships in river being strafed. 5) AtoG MLS Buildings along dock area strafed. 6) AtoG LS Tramp Steamer strafed by machine gun bullets. 7) AtoG MS Tramp Steamer underway being strafed along port side; coastline in far BG. 8) AtoG MS Merchant ship underway; TBM in flight over ship. 9) AtoG MLS Ship underway while being strafed. (SV). 10) AtoG LS Burning Merchant ship. 11) AtoG MS Merchant ship being hit by rockets and machine gunned. 12) AtoG MLS Three small ships underway; many rocket hits made around ship. (SV). 13) AtoG MLS Small ship laying to; rocket hits made on ship. 14) AtoG LS Ship burning and still being strafed; smoke and fire pours from ship. 15) AtoG MS PAN Over city and dock area, smoke rising from dock area from a ship at dock. 16) AtoG LS Several fires burning from ships in harbor. 17) AtoG LS Smoke rising from burning ships in harbor. 18) AtoA MS Two TBMs in flight. 19) AtoA CU TBM with w…

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, Avenger (Fighter Plane), World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, United States. -- Navy -- Aviation, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan, World War II, Iwo Jima, Battle Of, Japan, 1945, Hellcat (Fighter Plane), Mustang (Fighter Plane), Bombing, Aerial, USS Enterprise, USS Enterprise (CV-6), USS Saratoga, USS Saratoga (CV-3)

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