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Marine Blows Up Cave + Aerial Views, Iwo Jima, 03/18/1945
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Extracted from United States Naval Photographic Center film # 11021. National Archives description "1) CU Five Marines take communion from Chaplain in open field-SV. 2) MS Marines come out of small cave in hillside, large explosion immediately after, smoke pours out of cave entrance. 3) AV Airstrip, shoreline, invasion fleet lying off harbor, Iwo Jima. 4) LS-MS Dedication of the 5th Marine Division cemetery, Iwo Jima-SV. 5) MS Marines wander through graves looking at crosses in 5th Division Marine cemetery on Iwo Jima, Mt. Suribachi background-SV. 6) CU Flag flying from top of Mt. Suribachi, Marines resting foreground. 7) HS Small Japanese landing craft crashed against reef below. 8) MS-Pan Additional scenes of dedication ceremony, 5th Div. Marine cemetery." National Archives Identifier: 79035 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice and/or Archive.org itself. Thanks.
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United States. Navy
Subjects
WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Marine Corps, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan, Iwo Jima, Battle Of, Japan, 1945, United States. -- Marine Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945, World War II, Rites And Ceremonies, Mount Suribachi, Soldiers' Bodies, Disposition Of
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